The issue focused on hundreds of dozens of NSA analysts who illegally accessed Americans' electronic communications without judicial warrants and illegally transmitted foreign intelligence information about Americans to foreign nations. The surveillance programs revealed by Snowden revealed that some analysts illegally accessed Americans' communications without warrants and transmitted foreign intelligence information about Americans to foreign nations.The Justice Department lawyers argued that courts must defer to Congress when approving surveillance activities that violate constitutional rights. Justice lawyers argued that courts must defer to Congress when approving surveillance activities that violate constitutional rights. The ruling noted that courts