[Infowarrior] - Obama DOJ 'new' theory on state secrets

[Richard Forno]

Obama DOJ invents radical authoritarian theory to defend Bush  
administration's warrantless wiretapping
Posted by Cory Doctorow, April 7, 2009 9:41 AM

The Obama administration has filed a brief in EFF's lawsuit against  
the government for its program of illegal, mass wiretapping of  
Americans, defending the practice, arguing that the lawsuit should be  
dismissed, endorsing the Bush administration's invented "State Secret"  
theory, and augmenting it with a new theory, that "the Patriot Act  
bars any lawsuits of any kind for illegal government surveillance  
unless there is "willful disclosure" of the illegally intercepted  
communications." This brief was not written by Bush cronies left  
behind by the outgoing administration: this is an invention of the  
Obama administration.

I don't expect the guy to walk on water, but I'd sure like it if he'd  
stop wallowing in the mud.

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