Judge Smacks Down NSA Phone Data Collections, FDA Meddles with Antibacterial Soap, FBI Program Directs Potentially Violent to Mental Health Experts: P.M. Links

Federal Judge Richard Leon apparently
missed the National Security Agency’s charm offensive on 60
Minutes Sunday night and ruled today that their
mass phone record collection is likely unconstitutional.
The Food and Drug Administration is now meddling with
anti-bacterial soaps, ordering manufacturers to prove that
they’re safe for long-term use.
The FBI claims it has helped
prevent nearly 150 violent attacks this year by steering
potential shooters to mental health professionals. The Associated
Press story doesn’t indicate what sort of evidence there was that
an actual attack would have happened in all of these cases, though
the FBI provided details of what was most likely the most obvious
case of a potential shooter.
While protesters in Ukraine keep demanding the countries forge
ties with the European Union, the country’s president is
heading to Russia instead, looking for a bailout of up to $15
billion.
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Two Saudi detainees who had never been charged with a crime
were
returned to their country from detention at Guantanamo
Bay.