Sun 1 Nov 2009
Obama’s latest use of “secrecy” to shield presidential lawbreaking
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Glenn Greenwald Salon 11/01/09
The Obama administration has, yet again, asserted the broadest and most radical version of the “state secrets” privilege — which previously caused so much controversy and turmoil among loyal Democrats (when used by Bush/Cheney) — to attempt to block courts from ruling on the legality of the government’s domestic surveillance activities. (more…)