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DOJ To Claim National Security in NSA Case

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nice-idea-now-its-mine dept.

deblau writes "Wired is reporting that the federal government intends to invoke the rarely used 'State Secrets Privilege' in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's class action lawsuit against AT&T. The case alleges that the telecom collaborated with the NSA's secret spying on American citizens. The State Secrets Privilege lets the executive branch step into a civil lawsuit and have it dismissed if the case might reveal information that puts national security at risk."

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  1. No way! by Abalamahalamatandra · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Bush administration? Keeping secrets? Say it ain't so, Joe!

    1. Re:No way! by joe+155 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Say it ain't so, Joe

      It ain't so

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    2. Re:No way! by hunterx11 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You mean the one who had record approval ratings when he was impeached for lying about fellatio? Yeah, I can easily see how one would equate covering up Iran-Contra and Watergate with a blowjob. I mean, the national security implications are pretty indistinguishable.

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  2. Let me be the first to ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    welcome our investigation-suppressing overlo..umph!

  3. The NSA defense by wfberg · · Score: 4, Funny

    "In our defense, your Honor, we did it in secret so as not to get caught."

    "Case dismissed!"

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  4. Re:But we don't have anything to hide.... by babbling · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, no! The INNOCENT have nothing to hide. The government does.

  5. Re:I think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The statistician in me says that they are almost certaintly not "not hiding anything".

  6. Re:But if ... by Jon+Luckey · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hmm...
    cat constitution.txt | grep -i "privacy"

    It would appear that particular aspect of the document is missing.

    Hmm...
    echo cats cats cats lions tiger ocelots | grep -i "feline"

    It would appear that any feline aspect of that string is missing

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  7. LOL by No+Such+Agency · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I thought I might have the best username-related gag for this one...

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