more on Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan

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Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait

on September 10, 2010 1:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I missed this first time around:

In the majority opinion, the 9th Circuit states that it "reluctantly" concludes that state

secrets trump the "fundamental principles of our liberty, including justice, transparency,

and accountability" in this case. Notably, the 9th Circuit's decision held that the

claims could not proceed "even assuming plaintiffs could establish their case

solely through nonprivileged evidence."

British legal charity Reprieve argues that state secrets privilege effectively "makes

the executive a judge in its own cause," allowing it to label embarrassing

information a "state secret" and thus remove it from public scrutiny.

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