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Secrecy Privilege Invoked in Fighting Ex-Detainee's Lawsuit

Date: May 13, 2006

Author: Dana Priest

QUOTE: For at least the fifth time in the past year, the Justice Department yesterday invoked the once rarely cited state secrets privilege to argue that a lawsuit alleging government wrongdoing should be dismissed without an airing

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Key People:

• Rep. Porter J. Goss
• Ms. Condoleezza Rice

Key Organizations:

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
• Justice Department/Department of Justice (DOJ)
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, The (RCFP)
• State Department/Department of State (DOS)
• Washington Post Newspaper

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Government & Politics / History
• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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