[privacy] White House Invokes Secrets Privilege in Eavesdropping Cases

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via News8Austin (AP).

[snip]

The Bush administration is asking federal judges in New York and Michigan to dismiss a pair of lawsuits filed over the 
National Security Administration's domestic eavesdropping program.

Justice Department lawyers say it would be impossible to defend the legality of the program without disclosing secrets 
that could be of value to suspected terrorists.

At issue is an NSA program that allows investigators to eavesdrop on Americans who communicate with people outside the 
country suspected of terrorist ties.

In New York, the Center for Constitutional Rights has asked a judge to stop the program. The American Civil Liberties 
Union and other groups filed a similar lawsuit in Detroit.

An attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights calls the administration's motion "undemocratic." The Center 
argues that ample safeguards could be put in place to allow the case to continue without disclosing classified 
information.

[snip]

Link:
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=162958

- ferg


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