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May 8 2009, 11:21AM

National Security: The Government Prepares A Move In Al-Haramain

Today, we were supposed to learn whether the administration was easing its absolutist stance on sharing classified information in civil cases. May 8 had been the deadline for the Justice...

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Apr 13 2009, 12:35PM

Obama's Coming Clash With Congress On "State Secrets"

They no-commented me last week, and they're stonewalling Greg Sargent this week: the White House refuses to say whether the President supports the State Secrets Protection Act in Congress.  As...

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Apr 7 2009, 12:35PM

Shut Up: It's Still A Secret

The Obama Administration still wants to keep its secrets.  Yesterday, the Justice Department embraced the argument that the state secrets privilege - a fancy phrase denoting the executive branch's common...
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