Article: REP. JERROLD NADLER HOLDS A HEARING ON REFORM OF THE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE

Article: Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Assertion of the ...
U.S. Newswire;  October 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Department of Justice invoked the state secrets privilege today in the caseShubert ... of Justice asserted the state secrets privilege in a case today to protect ... each time it invokes the state secrets privilege in litigation. We designed ...

Article: State Secrets Privilege Dangerously ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 13, 2008 ;     604 words ... ... Bush administration, the state secrets privilege has been increasingly and ... legislation to narrow the state secrets privilege, and require courts to ... state secrets claims. "The state secrets privilege has been used in recent ...

Transcript: STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE:LOUIS FISHER
Congressional Testimony;  February 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... me to testify on the ``state secrets privilege.`` I want to express ... constructive bill. The state secrets privilege is now a central issue and ... its efforts to reform the state secrets privilege.1 What Constitutional ...

Article: Dirty little secret of `state secrets' ...
The Boston Globe;  October 11, 2007 ;     405 words ... ... the illegal kidnapping and subsequent torture of a German citizen behind claims of "state secrets." The article traces the origin of "state secrets" privilege to a 1953 Supreme Court ruling in a case brought by widows of three civilians who ...

Transcript: STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE:MICHAEL A. VATIS
Congressional Testimony;  February 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... inviting me to testify today concerning the state secrets privilege and S. 2253, the ``State Secrets Protection Act.`` My fellow panelists ... insight concerning the history of the state secrets privilege and some of the constitutional questions ...

Article: SEN. FEINGOLD ISSUES STATEMENT ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S NEW ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2009 ;     416 words ... ... new policy on invoking the state secrets privilege. Senator Russ Feingold ... government has asserted the state secrets privilege, made the following statement ... government's use of the state secrets privilege is essential. I urge the ...

Article: EAVESDROPPING LAWSUITS TEST STATE SECRETS ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... War-era litigation, the state secrets privilege is being deployed in courtrooms ... the surveillance program. State secrets privilege cited But Justice Department ... have struck back with the state secrets privilege, asking the courts to dismiss ...