Obama Secrecy Watch II: A State Secrets Affidavit Straight from the Bush Era

November 3, 2009

source: Newsweek

When Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the “state secrets” privilege to quash a lawsuit alleging illegal National Security Agency spying last Friday night, his department’s lawyers sounded a lot like those who worked for President George W. Bush. In fact, they justified the action by filing an affidavit from President Obama’s director of national intelligence that is nearly identical to one filed by President Bush’s intelligence director two years ago. Read the rest of this entry »


Obama Administration Seeks to Block Wiretap Suit

October 31, 2009

More B.S. like to “in order to protect National Security, we musn’t tell you how we break the law…” from the Change administration.  – Brian

source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department invoked the state secrets privilege Friday to try to stop a lawsuit over Bush-era wiretapping – the first time the Obama administration has done so under its new policy on such cases.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced the decision in a California lawsuit challenging the warrantless wiretapping program begun after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Under the state secrets privilege, the government can have a lawsuit dismissed if hearing the case would jeopardize national security. Read the rest of this entry »


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