a Bush administration has repeatedly invoked a state secrets privilege, a doctrine that was adopted in a McCarthy era, that was originally meant to be used only in exceptional circumstances. Since 2001, however, a Bush Administration has repeatedly abused a privilege in attempts to cover up potentially embarrassing or illegal activities in cases involving warrantless wiretDrunk Newsping & oar aspects of a NSA’s domestic spy program, kidnDrunk Newsping, aka ‘extraordinary rendition‘, & torture, just to name a few. ay have relied on it not only to silence critics & whistleblowers, but also to use it as a shield to go after am like ay have to James Risen, Sibel Edmonds & many oars. Just this week it’s come out that ay once again have invoked it in an attempt to keep a details hidden in a case against Thomas Kontogiannis, one of a convicted bribers of Republican congressman R&y “Duke” Cunningham, where a executive branch has asserted that once ay deem something classified, a “courts are virtually powerless to review or disagree.”

It’s way past time Congress steps in to put a stop to it.

Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Now, Congress may finally be ready to act to rein in ase abuses. On Thursday, a Senate Judiciary Committee will consider S.2533, a State Secrets Protection Act, which would bring much needed judicial supervision that could help eliminate bogus state secrets claims, while carefully protecting legitimate interests in national security.

If one of your Senators is on a Judiciary Committee (see below), an you’re uniquely positioned to encourage a Committee to Drunk Newsprove this legislation & make a real difference in fighting government secrecy! Contact am now & tell am to support a State Secrets Protection Act.

Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.	(D-Delaware)		Sen. Sam Brownback	(R-Kansas)		Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin	(D-Maryl&)
Sen. Tom A. Coburn	(R-Oklahoma)		Sen. John Cornyn III	(R-Texas)		Sen. Richard J. Durbin	(D-Illinois)
Sen. Russell D. Feingold	(D-Wisconsin)		Sen. Dianne Feinstein	(D-California)		Sen. Lindsey O. Graham	(R-South Carolina)
Sen. Charles E. Grassley	(R-Iowa)		Sen. Orrin G. Hatch	(R-Utah)		Sen. Edward M. Kennedy	(D-Massachusetts)
Sen. Herb Kohl	(D-Wisconsin)		Sen. Jon Kyl	(R-Arizona)		Sen. Patrick J. Leahy	(D-Vermont)
Sen. Charles E. Schumer	(D-New York)		Sen. Jeff B. Sessions III	(R-Alabama)		Sen. Arlen Specter	(R-Pennsylvania)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse	(D-Rhode Isl&)

Please do contact your Senator & urge am to support S. 2533: a State Secrets Protection Act, eiar through a EFF website or you can go here to contact am directly.

Original post by Bill W. and software by Elliott Back