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Pelley this is our western edition. A federal judge in washington ruled today that the governments collection of phone records of billions of americans is likely unconstitutional. It is the first time a fed really court has ruled against the once secret Surveillance Program exposed by National Security agency leaker edward snowden. In a blistering attack, judge richard leon said he has little doubt that the author of our constitution, james madison, would be aghast at what judge leon said amounts to an unreasonable search. The judge granted a preliminary injunction to stop the government from collecting the records of the two men who brought the challenge, but then he put that order on hold in the face of a likely appeal. Senior correspondent john miller is former Deputy Director of National Intelligence and, john, what is the n. S. A. s argument for collecting this information . Reporter well, scott, this is all about collecting the massive database of phone numbers dialed by american

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