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Ninth Circuit Ct. of Appeals strikes blow on ?State Secrets? privilege

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April 29, 2009 The Justice Department’s use of the so-called “state secrets” privilege. The once-rarely-used legal privilege was invoked repeatedly by the Bush administration to shut down civil lawsuits that alleged torture and other abuses of the law by U.S. intelligence agencies. This is a hot button issue for human rights and civil liberties groups. On [...]

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