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US government invokes special privilege to stop scrutiny of data mining
guardian.co.uk, ^ | Friday 7 June 2013 | Ed Pilkington

Posted on 06/10/2013 2:55:00 PM PDT by Sheapdog

Edited on 06/10/2013 3:04:20 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The Obama administration is invoking an obscure legal privilege to avoid judicial scrutiny of its secret collection of the communications of potentially millions of Americans.

Civil liberties lawyers trying to hold the administration to account through the courts for its surveillance of phone calls and emails of American citizens have been repeatedly stymied by the government's recourse to the "military and state secrets privilege".


(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: corruption; coverup; holder; security
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To: Sheapdog

FUBO!!!!


21 posted on 06/10/2013 4:06:06 PM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: Sheapdog

There is no place under our Constitution for state secrets. Our government is our most dangerous enemy.


22 posted on 06/10/2013 4:13:20 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Diogenesis
because the People have had it with Congressional KIDDIE brothels

You mean the Senate Intern Program ?

23 posted on 06/10/2013 4:30:46 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Sheapdog
We could solve all our problems if we just had 'this guy'.


24 posted on 06/10/2013 4:33:13 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: UCANSEE2
Instead we have this guy :-(

25 posted on 06/10/2013 6:35:48 PM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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