Appeals Court May Let NSA Lawsuits Proceed
Declan McCullagh writes on C|Net News:
A federal appeals court on Wednesday appeared unwilling to end a pair of lawsuits that claim the Bush administration engaged in widespread illegal surveillance of Americans.More here.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals repeatedly pressed Gregory Garre, the Bush administration's deputy solicitor general, to justify his repeated requests to toss out the suits on grounds they could endanger national security by possibly revealing "state secrets."
Judge Harry Pregerson wondered: "We just have to take the word of members of the executive branch that it's a state secret. That's what you're saying, isn't it?"
A moment later Judge Michael Hawkins suggested that granting the request could "mean abdication" of our duties.
NOTE: Also, the good folks over at THREAT LEVEL has also been live-blogging the court proceedings highlights today here.
posted by Fergie @ 8/15/2007 05:09:00 PM
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