Obama Administration: Toss Wiretap Lawsuit

cornermouse

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Sat Oct-31-09 07:05 AM
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Obama Administration: Toss Wiretap Lawsuit

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/30/ap/cabstatepent/main5466861.shtml?tag=stack

Illogical. Totally illogical.

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midnight

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Sat Oct-31-09 07:10 AM
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1. Why do we need state secrets privilege to investigate illegal wire tapping?

Holder's effort to stop the lawsuit marks the first time the administration has tried to invoke the state secrets privilege under a new policy it launched last month designed to make such a legal argument more difficult. So why does this legal argument need to be made more difficult?

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cornermouse

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Sat Oct-31-09 07:25 AM
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2. I have no idea.

Edited on Sat Oct-31-09 07:25 AM by cornermouse

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pinto

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Sat Oct-31-09 07:49 AM
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3. Seems as though they're saying the judge will make the determination

on the evidence, not just a blanket request from the Administration.

:shrug:

Holder said U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is handling the case, was given a classified description of why the case must be dismissed so that the court can "conduct its own independent assessment of our claim."

The attorney general said the judge would decide whether the administration had made a valid claim and "we will respect the outcome of that process."

That is a departure from the Bush administration, which resisted providing specifics to judges handling such cases about what the national security concerns were.

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