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U.S. Government Moves To Dismiss EFF Case
iny0urbrain writes "The New York Times reports that the US government has asked a federal judge to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation's civil liberties lawsuit against the AT&T Corporation because 'of a possibility that military and state secrets would otherwise be disclosed.' The statement concludes by saying: 'Finally, because the United States intends to assert the state secrets privilege and file a dispositive motion to dismiss this action, the United States requests that discovery proceedings be deferred until the government's submission has been considered and heard.' You can view the full text of the government's statement of interest (PDF) on the EFF's website." Sorry, hadn't had my coffee yet this morning, and double posted this one. Sadly, the first one is a mere two stories down. It's also still pouring into the submissions bin, so I'm not the only one not yet awake.
I couldn't find anything in Article 2 about special war powers granted to the president. I remember that only the congress can declare war (which hasn't happened against Iraq), and that this bullshit 'war on terror' is really a 'control the population thru terror'.
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The CIA is built for exactly that purpose. I saw an interview with the deputy dir under the presidency of GHWB where he said exactly that.
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