The state secrets privilege and other limits on classified information

The state secrets privilege and other limits on classified information /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Collingsworth, Jonathon W. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2010]
Series:American political, economic, and security issues series.
Subjects:
Official secrets > United States.
Government information > Access control > United States.
Security classification (Government documents) > United States.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • THE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE AND OTHER LIMITS ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ; THE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE AND OTHER LIMITS ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ; Contents; Preface; Oversight Hearing on Reform of the State Secrets Privilege; I. Introduction; II. State Secrets and the NSA Litigation; III. Congress Can and Should Legislate to Reform the State Secrets Privilege; IV. FISA and the State Secrets Privilege; V. Electronic Surveillance Cases do Not Require Transfer to the FISA Court; VI. Conclusion; End Notes; Oversight Hearing on the Reform of State Secrets.
  • I. The State Secrets Privilege Serves a Critical Function in Preventing the Disclosure of National Security InformationII. The Privilege Is Rooted in the Constitutional Authorities Assigned to the Executive Branch; III. Congress Should Not Attempt to Substitute the Judgment of the Judiciary for the Executive Concerning What Information Merits Secrecy for Foreign Affairs or National Security Reasons and Should Beware of Analogies Concerning CIPA in the Context of ... ; End Notes; Oversight Hearing on the Reform of State Secrets; Clarification of the State Secrets Privilege is Needed.
  • ABA Recommendations for Legislation to Codify the State Secrets DoctrineCongressional Response; Conclusion; End Notes; Regarding the State Secrets Privilege; Hearing on H.R.5607, State Secrets Protection Act of 2008; Secrecy and Accountability; Litigation in Secrecy Cases; The State Secrets Protection Act of 2008; End Notes; Testimony of Steven R. Shapiro, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties; History of the Privilege; The ACLU Cases; Extraordinary Rendition, Torture.
  • National Security Agency Warrantless SurveillanceNational Security Whistleblower; The State Secret Protection Act (H.R. 5607); Conclusion; End Noters; H.R.5607, the "State Secrets Protection Act of 2008"; End Notes; The State Secrets Privilege and Other Limits on Litigation Involving Classified Information(; Summary; United States v. Reynolds: The Seminal Case; Asserting the Privilege; Evaluating the Validity of the Privilege; The Effect of a Valid Privilege; Totten v. United States: The Special Case of Nonjusticiable Contracts for Espionage.
  • The Classified Information Procedures Act and Secret Evidence in Criminal LitigationWithholding Classified Information during Discovery; The Confrontation Clause and the Use of Secret Evidence at Trial; Legislative Modification of the State Secrets Privilege; The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; The State Secrets Protection Act; Appendix A. Section-by-Section Summary of the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. 3; Appendix B. Section-by-Section Summary of H.R. 984; Appendix C. Section-by-Section Summary of S. 417; End Notes; Chapter Sources; Index.

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