Breaking: Govt Can't Use State Secrets Privilege in Al-Haramain

[Dan Levine]

Check out Chief Judge Vaughn Walker’s fresh decision (.pdf) in a pivotal national security case involving President Bush’s warrant-less wiretap program.

In the opinion, Walker finds that the government cannot defeat an Islamic group’s lawsuit by using the state secrets privilege. So Al-Haramain wins summary judgment. More in a few.