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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. 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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