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Commondreams.org Views: Obama's Latest Use of 'Secrecy' to Shield Presidential Lawbreaking
Firedoglake: If It’s [Was] Friday, It Must Be State Secrets, Hiding Abuse of Power, in the 9th Circuit
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Obama's Latest Use of 'Secrecy' to Shield Presidential Lawbreaking
Commondreams.org Views —
... once vehemently condemned -- and is doing so in order literally to shield the President from judicial review or accountability when he is accused of breaking the law. In the case of Shubert v. Bush , the Electronic Frontier Foundation represents numerous American citizens suing individual Bush officials, ...
If It’s [Was] Friday, It Must Be State Secrets, Hiding Abuse of Power, in the 9th Circuit
Firedoglake —
... The case is one of the remaining surveillance suits for the government’s “dragnet” collection of telecom signals, parallel to EFF’s Jewel case. The government had already invoked state secrets in 2007. But after the Jeppesen decision this spring, EFF reactivated the case (yeah, I’m sure this is not the legal term). And so now, to try to throw the case out again, the government is reasserting its state secrets invocation. ...
Obama Admin Asserts State Secrets Privilege in NSA Spying Case
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... The case of Shubert v. Bush is one of several litigations challenging the legality of the NSA program, of which the Electronic Frontier Foundation is lead coordinating counsel. The Shubert plaintiffs are numerous American citizens suing individual Bush officials, ...
