Closing our courts
Village Voice
by Nat Hentoff
06/08/06
With Congress refusing to hold the executive branch accountable for even its clear violation of the law in unleashing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on us -- and also collect all our phone records -- only the courts remain to guard the constitutional separation of powers. ... But, as for the courts, increasingly the White House -- with the full support of the president's faithful vassal Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- has been compelling judges to dismiss cases that could expose the administration's misrule of law. By invoking the 'state secrets' privilege, the administration ensures that all documents and reports central to the case at hand are excluded -- and the case cannot proceed...
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0624,hentoff,73492,6.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Nat Hentoff
06/08/06
With Congress refusing to hold the executive branch accountable for even its clear violation of the law in unleashing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on us -- and also collect all our phone records -- only the courts remain to guard the constitutional separation of powers. ... But, as for the courts, increasingly the White House -- with the full support of the president's faithful vassal Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- has been compelling judges to dismiss cases that could expose the administration's misrule of law. By invoking the 'state secrets' privilege, the administration ensures that all documents and reports central to the case at hand are excluded -- and the case cannot proceed...
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0624,hentoff,73492,6.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 12. Jun, 16:29
