Published Accounts 
Leon’s ruling addressed motions made in two separate lawsuits, each filed by Klayman — founder of the public interest group FreedomWatch — in the wake of published accounts of NSA surveillance activities revealed bySnowden.
Snowden, sought by the U.S. on criminal charges, is in Russia, which has granted him temporary asylum.
Klayman said he was “elated” with Leon’s decision.
“There are very few judges who have the courage to do what Judge Leon did,” he said. “He’s an American hero.”
Klayman, a practicing lawyer, said the NSA’s actions had made the U.S. into a police state where “you can’t make one phone call, you can’t send any e-mails, because you think the government is watching.” That has chilled rights of free speech and free association, he said.