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The Secrecy Shall Continue
November 6, 2009 10:02 AM   RSS feed for this thread Subscribe

DOJ Invokes State Secrets Privilege in Suit Challenging Surveillance, arguing that the class action suit to declare the surveillance unlawful must be dismissed because it jeopardizes national security. DOJn has also unveiled new procedures for invoking the "state secrets privilege.". This is not the first time the Obama adminisration has invoked the privilege.
posted by bearwife (10 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: can someone do this over with an actual working first link? -- jessamyn



Looks like they got to your first link, too.
posted by goethean at 10:09 AM on November 6 [2 favorites]


Shocking!
posted by Scoo at 10:15 AM on November 6


Surely thi...







...really, never? Oh.
posted by fuq at 10:16 AM on November 6


One thing I did take away from this FPP: either ABC news editors think that traversed is synonymous with traveled or Obama did a lot of skiing while in Europe last April.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:38 AM on November 6


The UK is ten years ahead of the USA is ten years ahead of Canada in the slow slide down the slippery slope to a surveillance society.

I am frequently frightened by feelings that first they'll come for folk who favour alliteration.
posted by five fresh fish at 10:40 AM on November 6 [3 favorites]


fff, I suspect they'll center their censure on certain segments who select s sounds.
posted by weston at 10:44 AM on November 6


- sigh -
posted by Artful Codger at 10:44 AM on November 6


See? the tea baggers are right...next time, march with them.
posted by Postroad at 11:17 AM on November 6


One thing I did take away from this FPP: either ABC news editors think that traversed is synonymous with traveled or Obama did a lot of skiing while in Europe last April.

Um, did you read the definition to which you linked?
posted by The World Famous at 11:17 AM on November 6


No one's yet mentioned that this is another reneging on the promise of transparency.

On can argue that an brazen surveillance state is worse than one that does it's snooping secretly. If they're openly tapping and taping it has a chilling effect. And one that's furtively hiding its peeing tom tendencies is less likely to act on information it finds, precisely because it's trying to remain concealed.

This, among other reasons, is why I wanted McCain to win.
posted by clarknova at 11:21 AM on November 6


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