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Involved - Our Cases - About Us Ten years have passed since Bush
administration lawyers drafted the infamous"torture memos" that
provided legal cover… March 10, 2013, New York - The Center for
Constitutional Rights and The American Civil… February 8, 2013,
New York - In response to John Brennan's admission to the CIA…
Post-9/11, the Bush administration has expanded the use of the
state secrets privilege (SSP) to withhold evidence and dismiss
cases that challenge the administration in U.S. courts. In doing
so, the Bush administration is threatening judicial oversight
and legal challenges of the Executive Branch’s unraveling of
civil rights and disregard for human rights in the name of the
“war on terror.” What is the state secrets privilege? The state
secrets privilege (SSP) is a common law privilege that allows
the head of an executive department to REFUSE to produce
evidence in a court case on the grounds that the evidence is
secret information that w