A Leaker’s Motives Are Irrelevant, Gov’t Says September 18, 2019
Disclosing classified information without authorization is a crime even if the leaker had good intentions and was motivated by a larger public interest, the…
Read moreDisclosing classified information without authorization is a crime even if the leaker had good intentions and was motivated by a larger public interest, the…
Read moreThe number of district court vacancies during the Obama presidency grew from 41 vacancies in January 2009 to 75 vacancies in September 2016 — an unusual 83% increase, according to…
Read moreThe Miranda warning advising detained persons that they have the right to remain silent has counterparts in the legal systems of 108 countries or jurisdictions around the world. These were…
Read moreIn a pending lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the “no fly” list, in which the government has asserted the state secrets privilege, a federal court signaled that it…
Read moreThe scope of the state secrets privilege is again a matter of contention, as government attorneys in an ongoing lawsuit told a judge last week that he had…
Read moreIn an unusual gesture, the U.S. Government last week apologized to Abdullah al-Kidd, a U.S. citizen who was arrested in 2003 and detained as a material witness in…
Read moreThe “no fly” list procedures that are used to prevent individuals who may present a security hazard from flying on commercial aircraft are being revised to make them more transparent…
Read moreWhen the government intervened in a private lawsuit to assert the state secrets privilege and to seek dismissal of the entire proceeding (Secrecy News, September 15), it acted…
Read moreOver the objections of government attorneys, a federal judge said yesterday that he would require in camera review of documents that the government says are protected by the state…
Read moreIt is entirely proper for a court to conduct in camera review of documents and testimony that the government asserts are subject to the state secrets privilege,…
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