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"Obama Backs Off a Reversal on Secrets"

"Obama Backs Off a Reversal on Secrets": Tuesday in The New York Times, John Schwartz will have an article that begins, "In a closely watched case involving rendition and torture, a lawyer for the Obama administration seemed to surprise a panel of federal appeals judges on Monday by pressing ahead with an argument for preserving state secrets originally developed by the Bush administration."

Tuesday's edition of The Washington Post will report that "Justice Dept. Uses 'State Secrets' Defense; Obama Backs Bush Decision on Rendition Lawsuit."

Maura Dolan and Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times have a news update headlined "Appeals court urged to reject rendition case; The Obama administration cites the 'state secrets' privilege, echoing Bush's opposition to trial of the ACLU suit."

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined "Obama sticks to Bush stance on torture suit."

Tuesday's edition of The Guardian (UK) reports that "Obama administration maintains Bush's 'state secrets' policy."

And James Vicini of Reuters reports that "Justice Department to review all state secrets claims."

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).