Obama State Secrets

A Family Affair: Who’s Left Behind After the FBI’s Fake Terror Stings (PHOTOS)

ColorLines | Lyric Cabral | Posted 11.11.2011

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This piece originally appeared at ColorLines. Ten years after September 11, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has prioritized protecting Am...

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Obama Opens the Oval Office to Good Government Groups

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 05.29.2011

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When we met with him yesterday, President Obama did something remarkable: He said the issue of transparency in government is incredibly difficult, and he asked us to work with his office to improve the status quo.

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Supreme Court To Consider Controversial 'State Secrets' Doctrine

Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the first time in nearly 60 years, the Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider the limits of "state secrets," a legal doctrine the government often...

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White House Expands On Executive Powers Once Criticized By Obama, No Doubt To The Delight Of The Base

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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As you may have heard, in these last eight weeks of the campaign season, the Democrats are going to be ramping up efforts to remind voters of how bad ...

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Political Historian Garry Wills: Obama Still Runs Bush's Secret Empire

Entangled Giant | Posted 05.25.2011

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George W. Bush left the White House unpopular and disgraced. His successor promised change, and it was clear where change was needed. Illegal acts sho...

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Holder's State Secrets Policy Fails To Impress Critics: "Nothing New"

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Attorney General Eric Holder got plenty of attention Wednesday for announcing a new policy that is supposed to "strengthen public confidence" when the...

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Obama To Set Higher Bar For Keeping State Secrets

washingtonpost.com | Carrie Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration will announce a new policy Wednesday making it much more difficult for the government to claim that it is protecting state se...

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State Secrets: Obama AND Bush Position Rejected

Posted 05.25.2011

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The first sign that the Obama DOJ would replicate many of the worst and most radical arguments of the Bush DOJ was in the Jeppesen case, a lawsuit bro...

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Feingold Gives Obama A "D" On State Secrets

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama is receiving a "D" for his handling of state secrets in a "rule of law" report card prepared by fellow Democrat Russ Feingold, a Wisco...

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Will Obama Block Release of Key Bush-era Torture Memos?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011

As has been pointed out by journalists, human rights lawyers and critics, President Obama has continued -- and continues to defend -- some of the Bush administration's most repressive "War on Terror" policies.

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Gibbs: Obama Stands By DOJ's Use Of State Secrets Privilege

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The President fully supports the Department of Justice's citing of the state secrets privilege to brush aside lawsuits targeting officials who oversaw...

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Pelosi Splits With Obama On State Secrets, Bush Investigations (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi struck a discordant chord with the White House on Wednesday, claiming a "difference of opinion" with the administration's approac...

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Obama Officials Defend Controversial State Secret Decision

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

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The State Secret Privilege is perhaps the most powerful executive tool available for any president to use, and thus the Obama administration's decisio...

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Torture Case Tests Obama's Secrecy Policy

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's sweeping reversals of torture and state secret policies are about to face an early test. After Obama issued an executive order and ...

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