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blog.newsweek.com - 27 days ago
Newsweek: Obama echoes Bush on state secrets
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When Eric Holder invoked the "state secrets" privilege to quash a lawsuit, his department's lawyers sounded a lot like those who worked for President Bush. In fact, they justified the action by filing an affidavit that is nearly identical to one filed by President Bush's intelligence director two years ago.
Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets Privilege…Again
blogs.abcnews.com - 30 days ago
Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets Privilege…Again
— blogs.abcnews.com — The Obama administration invoked the controversial "state secrets" privilege again on Friday, arguing that if U.S. District... Judge Vaughn Walker were to permit a legal case against the government to proceed, he would be putting national security at ... (more) Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets Privilege…Again

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justice.gov - 29 days ago
Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Assertion of the State Secrets Privilege in Shubert ...
— justice.gov — I authorized this significant step following a careful and thorough review process, and I did so only... because I believe there is no way for this case to move forward without jeopardizing ongoing intelligence activities that we rely upon to protect the ... (more) Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Assertion ...

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breitbart.com - 30 days ago
Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Assertion of the State Secrets Privilege in Shubert ...
— breitbart.com — WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice invoked the state secrets privilege today in the... case Shubert, et al. v. Barack Obama, et al. Below is a statement by Attorney General Eric Holder: "The Department of Justice ... (more) Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Assertion ...

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TPMMuckraker:  Obama Adopts Bush's State Secrets Position -- And Exact Language -- In NSA Spying Case

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Obama Adopts Bush's State Secrets Position -- And Exact Language -- In NSA Spying Case
TPMMuckraker — Here's a good catch from Michael Isikoff on the new blog Declassified at Newsweek: It looks like the Obama Administration is invoking the state secrets privilege in a lawsuit alleging illegal surveillance by the National Security Agency -- and it's using the exact wording used by the Bush Administration two years ago in the very same case. Isikoff compares the two passages from filings in the case, now titled Shubert v. Obama: "It is my judgment that sensitive state secrets are so central to the subject matter of the ...

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