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ACLU Testifies In Support Of Bill To Reform State Secrets Doctrine

By ACLU

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WASHINGTON ? The ACLU is set to testify today before a key House subcommittee considering legislation to reform the state secrets privilege, an evidentiary rule that has been improperly used to shut down several national security related lawsuits against the federal government. The privilege, which is intended to protect discrete pieces of sensitive evidence at trial, has been asserted by the government to block entire lawsuits before any specific evidence has been considered.

Full post as published by ACLU Newsroom on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).

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