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<div><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;">by Jonathan Turley</span></em></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In yet another break with its
campaign promise to fight to restore civil liberties and privacy, the
Obama Administration has made a breathtaking claim of state secrets to
block a public interest organization from suing the government for
illegal surveillance. There is not a scintilla of difference in the
legal position of President Obama and the position of President Bush in
trying to quash any effort to challenge unlawful surveillance by the
government. It appears the “yes we can” means “yes we can do most
anything that we want” when it comes to unlawful programs.<img alt="" src="http://www.worldcantwait.net/images/stories/spying%20on%20world.jpg" align="right" width="250" height="146"></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Administration is moving to
kill a lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf
of AT&T customers who were unlawfully intercepted by the
government. Not only is the Administration making an extreme argument
under the military and state secrets doctrine but it is claimed that
citizens cannot sue, even if the government engages in unlawful
surveillance, under the Patriot Act. Due to changes put through with
Democratic support, the statute is being used to block any lawsuit
unless the citizens can show that there was “willful disclosure’” of
the communications by the government.</span></div>
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