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Freedom of the Press @FreedomofPress

The state secrets privilege invoked by the Supreme Court essentially shields the federal government from accountability for any activity it considers “classified” — in these cases, FBI surveillance of mosques and torture programs at CIA “black sites.” https://t.co/FdKY0ujPDg — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2022

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In a pair of outrageous opinions last week, the Supreme Court applied the “state secrets” privilege to keep the government from facing accountability in court https://t.co/FdKY0uBquO — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2022

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Justices Gorsuch and Sotomayor dissented in US v. Zubaydah, highlighting the conflict between the Court’s duty to search for truth and the shame and accountability it seeks to avoid by using the state secrets privilege: https://t.co/INvhZTYdnU — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2022