in a win for civil liberties advocates,

Stop me if I'm wrong, but nobody advocates against the government lawyers in FISC arguments, right? So, how can this be a win? I know that's a technical point, but still...

If a notorious rubber stamp says the arguments are "simple unpersuasive", how bad are the gov's arguments?

This also shows that even a hint of publicity works wonders as far as getting some justice out of a secret court. One has to question what other massive abuses are going on under the cover of "national defense" or "compartmentalizatoin"/