NPR - Morning Edition: A Look at State Secrets Privilege

[Roland99]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4838701

Morning Edition, September 9, 2005 · The Bush administration is increasingly using the state secrets privilege. It is a series of precedents that allow the government to dismiss court cases on the grounds that evidence introduced in the trial could jeopardize national security.

I caught a bit of this on the way in to work this morning. The State Secrets Privilege came under fire some years ago in the case of a plane crash involving pilot error, I believe, and an attempted cover-up afterward. There was mention that it's only been invoked a few times in like the past 30-some years before this administration. It's been used over 20 times in the 4 1/2 years since, including silencing Sibel Edmonds.

Pretty good show this morning.

Just wtf is it going to take to wake America up?

:shrug:

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. If America is kept in a constant state of fear, nothing.

They will think it's ok for Junior to use any means to protect them.

What a frigging crock.

[Roland99]

2. That's exactly what it is. Selling fear on a constant basis.