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Feb

13

Arlen Specter does something that doesn’t suck

Via Obsidian Wings, it’s good to note that our Sen. Specter has reintroduced his bipartisan State Secrets Protection Act (S. 417). Hilzoy:

That means that it would no longer be possible for the government to get a case dismissed, or a piece of evidence suppressed, simply by claiming that national security requires it. A judge would have to look at the evidence and decide that the government was right. This is enormously important. I hope it passes, and soon: the State Secrets privilege in its present form is an invitation to abuse.

The unreviewed power to avoid accountability by declaring information a “state secret” is a power that belongs in the hands of neither Democrats nor Republicans. I hope the bill passes quickly, and that President Obama signs it.
 
Joel Mathis | 1:55 PM | 0 Comments
Uncategorized, arlen specter, barack obama, state secrets privilege
 

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