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Lawyers Allege Ongoing ‘Dragnet’ Surveillance

By | 11.13.09 | 6:00 am

On October 30, the Justice Department for the first time applied its new “state secrets” policy to a case charging the government with breaking the law. Open government advocates hoping for a significant change in the government’s stance toward secrecy in national security cases were sorely disappointed. Attorney General Eric More…

Holder’s Invocation of State Secrets Privilege Shields Government From Accountability

By | 11.02.09 | 6:42 pm

As Marcy Wheeler and Glenn Greenwald both pointed out over the weekend, Eric Holder on Friday once again declared that a case charging government lawbreaking must be dismissed because to let it continue would reveal important “state secrets.” That’s despite the fact that Attorney General More…