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Glenn Greenwald: Obama and the State Secrets Loophole he Once Decried

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EFF is a civil rights group suing officials of the Bush Administration. The Obama Justice Dept is not just defending Bush - they are seeking to dismiss the suit on the grounds that in order to defend it they would have to reveal state secrets. In other words, any time we invoke "state secrets", we don't have to defend our actions or even tell you what they were. The administration has absolute immunity any time it needs it.

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