The White House is evaluating a decision handed down Thursday by an U.S. appeals court holding the National Security Agencys (NSA) bulk phone metadata collection program illegal. A three-judge panel from the court overturned an earlier district court ruling that had found the data collection program to be legal and remanded the case back to the court for further proceedings. The ruling involves a lawsuit led by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the legality and constitutionality of the NSA phone metadata program. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed the existence of the program in June 2013.”]