Comments on: Bush Administration Uses ‘State Secrets Privilege’ To Escape Accountability http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:23:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Opinio Juris http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-1277485 Opinio Juris Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:49:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-1277485 <strong>More Evidence that Blair Lied About Iraq...</strong> Although evidence that Bush and Blair lied about Saddam's WMD capabilities has been accumulating for the past couple of years, this latest revelation is still shocking:... More Evidence that Blair Lied About Iraq…

Although evidence that Bush and Blair lied about Saddam’s WMD capabilities has been accumulating for the past couple of years, this latest revelation is still shocking:…

]]> By: ItsJustKarma http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-1138585 ItsJustKarma Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:39:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-1138585 Oh, I forgot: History repeats itself over and over again: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, <strong>1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945...</strong> Oh, I forgot: History repeats itself over and over again:
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945…

]]> By: ItsJustKarma http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-1138541 ItsJustKarma Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:30:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-1138541 Big Brother is no longer just watching You: Big Brother is incestously FU**ING You! Brought to you by scores of dumb christian fascists that will bring this country to an end. The biggest threat to the mighty USA is the lost its mind USA. Big Brother is no longer just watching You: Big Brother is incestously FU**ING You! Brought to you by scores of dumb christian fascists that will bring this country to an end. The biggest threat to the mighty USA is the lost its mind USA.

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-572759 pete Thu, 25 May 2006 12:41:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-572759 #40. yeah. what he said. #40. yeah. what he said.

]]> By: skippy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-572558 skippy Thu, 25 May 2006 04:03:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-572558 when it comes to giving up civil rights in the name of national security to support an ill-defined war that has no focus or end in sight, <a href="http://xnerg.blogspot.com/2006/05/we-are-just-sick-and-tired-of-it-all.html" rel="nofollow">skippy is jsut sick and tired of it all</a>. when it comes to giving up civil rights in the name of national security to support an ill-defined war that has no focus or end in sight, skippy is jsut sick and tired of it all.

]]> By: MightyMouse http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-572548 MightyMouse Thu, 25 May 2006 03:52:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-572548 This country is going down the shitter, <strong>and fast</strong>. This country is going down the shitter, and fast.

]]> By: The Bush Awareness Report » Blog Archive » World Politics….as done by a nasty 10 year old http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-572517 The Bush Awareness Report » Blog Archive » World Politics….as done by a nasty 10 year old Thu, 25 May 2006 03:05:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-572517 [...] Think Progress [...] [...] Think Progress [...]

]]> By: ed http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-572440 ed Thu, 25 May 2006 01:00:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-572440 #36. Outstanding! A bound copy is available free, but is currently out of stock. A free download of the entire PDF is also available. Look for both at: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6330 It is certainly something that every American should read. #36. Outstanding! A bound copy is available free, but is currently out of stock. A free download of the entire PDF is also available.

Look for both at:
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6330

It is certainly something that every American should read.

]]> By: JP http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-572411 JP Thu, 25 May 2006 00:29:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-572411 Just part of the extensive <a href="http://jpsgoddamnblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/cato-on-bushs-abuse-of-constitutional.html" rel="nofollow">list provided by CATO</a> recently. Just part of the extensive list provided by CATO recently.

]]> By: Ho Chi Minh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-572310 Ho Chi Minh Wed, 24 May 2006 22:55:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-572310 Bush, in his own words, is the decider. He alone decides what constitutes state secrets. I recall Nixon claiming "executive privilege" and "national security" to cover-up his crimes. Bush, in his own words, is the decider. He alone decides what constitutes state secrets. I recall Nixon claiming “executive privilege” and “national security” to cover-up his crimes.

]]> By: Ugh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-572014 Ugh Wed, 24 May 2006 19:34:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-572014 The last remnants of the old republic have been swept away. The last remnants of the old republic have been swept away.

]]> By: oldtree http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571995 oldtree Wed, 24 May 2006 19:20:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571995 Raw is reporting that bush signed the law protecting the phone companies the day Goss was fired. should we wonder if there is a connection? was Goss trying to protect us at last? Raw is reporting that bush signed the law protecting the phone companies the day Goss was fired. should we wonder if there is a connection? was Goss trying to protect us at last?

]]> By: oldtree http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571993 oldtree Wed, 24 May 2006 19:19:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571993 Raw is reporting that bush signed the law protecting the phone companies the day Goss was fired. shoudl we wonder if there is a connection? Raw is reporting that bush signed the law protecting the phone companies the day Goss was fired. shoudl we wonder if there is a connection?

]]> By: Arne Langsetmo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571990 Arne Langsetmo Wed, 24 May 2006 19:14:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571990 #9 (MA): <i>So, Sponge, which state secrets ARE acceptable to you? None? Some? Those you approve of? Those secrets that show our enemy how “fair” we are??</i> You might start with the granddaddy case here, <i>Reynolds</i>, Gives one a good idea of what's truly <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-blanton21may21,0,1765199.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions" rel="nofollow">at stake</a> here. We can't give up this precious ability of the gummint to <a href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/05/judge-dismisses-el-masri-cia-rendition.php" rel="nofollow">cover up their own incompetence</a>. More on this from <a href="http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/05/snapshots-of-us-under-bush.html" rel="nofollow">Glenn Greenwald</a>. Cheers, #9 (MA):

So, Sponge, which state secrets ARE acceptable to you? None? Some? Those you approve of? Those secrets that show our enemy how “fair” we are??

You might start with the granddaddy case here, Reynolds, Gives one a good idea of what’s truly at stake here. We can’t give up this precious ability of the gummint to cover up their own incompetence.

More on this from Glenn Greenwald.

Cheers,

]]> By: GURU^ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571966 GURU^ Wed, 24 May 2006 18:54:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571966 # 25 thot's: 'yelling Facism'? Because they're too busy yelling'I'M SCARED'. # 25 thot’s:

‘yelling Facism’?

Because they’re too busy yelling’I'M SCARED’.

]]> By: Spudge_Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571964 Spudge_Boy Wed, 24 May 2006 18:51:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571964 <blockquote>I don’t think my question was out of line….</blockquote> Nope, it was on topic for a change. But, there is such thing as a dumb question. You probably believd your teacher when they said there wasn't.

I don’t think my question was out of line….

Nope, it was on topic for a change. But, there is such thing as a dumb question. You probably believd your teacher when they said there wasn’t.

]]> By: anticipant http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571958 anticipant Wed, 24 May 2006 18:46:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571958 <strong>A very important message from waynemadsenreport.com regarding all that is currently happening, to congress and the media, and to us. A scary time period awaits us all.</strong> A very important message from waynemadsenreport.com regarding all that is currently happening, to congress and the media, and to us. A scary time period awaits us all.

]]> By: bobcat_grad http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571945 bobcat_grad Wed, 24 May 2006 18:41:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571945 Welcome to Bushland NSA Theatre... SETTING: A highway in Columbus, Ohio. [It's 6:15 PM, and Mr. Bobcat Grad is on his way home from the gym. He's going over the speed limit a little when he notices a police car with lights flashing behind him.] BOBCAT GRAD: "Crud." [Mr. Bobcat Grad pulls his car over to the side of the road.] POLICE OFFICER: "License and registration, please." BOBCAT GRAD: "Sir, what is the offense." POLICE OFFICER: "You were speeding." BOBCAT GRAD: "Ahhhh... so I was. Well, you can't give me a ticket." POLICE OFFICER: "Why not?" BOBCAT GRAD: "I have a very good excuse for why I was speeding." POLICE OFFICER: "Really, now? And what is that excuse?" BOBCAT GRAD: "I can't tell you." POLICE OFFICER: "Why not?" BOBCAT GRAD: "It's secret. And you aren't authorized to know. But it's a really, really good excuse, so you can't write that ticket. So, just get back in your car a drive away like the good little authority-lacking officer you are." POLICE OFFICER: "Umm.... ok. Sorry to question you. You must have had a really good reason for speeding. I guess I was wrong to question what that reason was. Sorry, again." BOBCAT GRAD: "Yea. Don't let it happen again. Bu-bye, now." Welcome to Bushland NSA Theatre…

SETTING: A highway in Columbus, Ohio.

[It's 6:15 PM, and Mr. Bobcat Grad is on his way home from the gym. He's going over the speed limit a little when he notices a police car with lights flashing behind him.]

BOBCAT GRAD: “Crud.”

[Mr. Bobcat Grad pulls his car over to the side of the road.]

POLICE OFFICER: “License and registration, please.”

BOBCAT GRAD: “Sir, what is the offense.”

POLICE OFFICER: “You were speeding.”

BOBCAT GRAD: “Ahhhh… so I was. Well, you can’t give me a ticket.”

POLICE OFFICER: “Why not?”

BOBCAT GRAD: “I have a very good excuse for why I was speeding.”

POLICE OFFICER: “Really, now? And what is that excuse?”

BOBCAT GRAD: “I can’t tell you.”

POLICE OFFICER: “Why not?”

BOBCAT GRAD: “It’s secret. And you aren’t authorized to know. But it’s a really, really good excuse, so you can’t write that ticket. So, just get back in your car a drive away like the good little authority-lacking officer you are.”

POLICE OFFICER: “Umm…. ok. Sorry to question you. You must have had a really good reason for speeding. I guess I was wrong to question what that reason was. Sorry, again.”

BOBCAT GRAD: “Yea. Don’t let it happen again. Bu-bye, now.”

]]> By: mighty aphrodite http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571944 mighty aphrodite Wed, 24 May 2006 18:39:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571944 Spongey - Just stay out of trouble and you'll NEVER need any crim lawyer....As I like to say, hopefully, you'll never need me. But since you left wing conspiracy folks see a cover-up EVERYWHERE, I don't think my question was out of line.... Gotta go.... Spongey – Just stay out of trouble and you’ll NEVER need any crim lawyer….As I like to say, hopefully, you’ll never need me.

But since you left wing conspiracy folks see a cover-up EVERYWHERE, I don’t think my question was out of line….

Gotta go….

]]> By: thot's http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/comment-page-1/#comment-571940 thot's Wed, 24 May 2006 18:37:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/24/state-secrets-privilege/#comment-571940 When is anyone going to start yelling Facism? When is anyone going to start yelling Facism?

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