nytimes.com - 2/27/2009
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The Obama administration has lost its argument that a potential threat to national security is a good enough reason to stop a lawsuit challenging the government's warrantless wiretapping program.
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BREAKING: The 9th Circuit Says State Secrets Can’t Halt al-Haramain Suit
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... administration, like the Bush administration before it, claimed that national security would be compromised if a lawsuit brought by the U.S. chapter of an Islamic charity was allowed to proceed. The case was brought by the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, a defunct charity with a chapter in Oregon. The appeals court decision is a setback for the new Obama administration as it adopts some of the same positions on national security and secrecy as the Bush administration. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/27/washington/A... here is the brief: ...
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