Supreme Court upholds government’s claim of secrecy in case of prisoner tortured by CIA

Source: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/03/supreme-court-upholds-governments-claim-of-secrecy-in-case-of-prisoner-tortured-by-cia/
Published: Mar 6, 2022
Author: Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2022-03-06 13:39:25 by Horse
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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government may invoke the “state secrets” privilege to block former U.S. contractors from testifying about the now well-known waterboarding and torture of prisoners held at CIA sites in Poland.

By a 6-3 vote, the justices said the U.S. government can claim a privilege of secrecy even if there is no secret.

Poster Comment:

Get rid of the whole court. Start over.

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#1: Ada    To: Horse (#0)

The liberal Breyer sided with the government while Gorsuch dissented. Don't know how the rest voted.

Ada posted on 2022-03-06 14:07:49   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Pinguinite    To: Horse (#0)

It seems it doesn't end the court case against the gov. It only prevents testimony from CIA agents about the location of the torture. That seems to be what's going on, anyway.

Pinguinite posted on 2022-03-06 14:32:31   Reply   Private Reply

#3: DWornock    To: Horse (#0)

By a 6-3 vote, the justices said the U.S. government can claim a privilege of secrecy even if there is no secret.

More proof that all of Trump's appointees was doing bidding of our masters.

DWornock posted on 2022-03-06 16:30:22   Reply   Private Reply

#4: BTP Holdings    To: DWornock, Ada (#3)

More proof that all of Trump's appointees was doing bidding of our masters.

Not according to what Ada has said above. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2022-03-06 17:14:23   Reply   Private Reply