A New York court ruled that the FBI violated an individual's Fourth Amendment rights by accessing private communications without a warrant. The case, involving Agron Hasbajrami, highlighted the misuse of Section 702, which allows for warrantless surveillance of foreign communications. Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall determined that the FBI's actions in searching through a database of overseas communications were unlawful, establishing an important precedent on the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches in the context of expanded surveillance powers under FISA.
Agron Hasbajrami, an Albanian citizen residing in the US, had his Fourth Amendment rights violated when the FBI accessed his private messages without a warrant.
Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall's ruling emphasizes that warrantless searches of American citizens' communications under Section 702 are unlawful.
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