State Secrets Privilege and Other Limits on Classified Information de Jonathon W. Collingsworth

State Secrets Privilege and Other Limits on Classified Information

Jonathon W. Collingsworth

The State Secrets Privilege is an evidentiary rule created by United States legal precedent. The court is asked to exclude evidence from a legal case based solely on an affidavit submitted by the government stating court proceedings might disclose sensitive information which might endanger national security and military secrets in particular as in the case of United States v. Reynolds, the first case that saw formal recognition of the privilege.

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Preface; Oversight Hearing on Reform of the State Secrets Privilege (Statement of Kevin S. Bankston, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation); Oversight Hearing on the Reform of State Secrets (Statement of Patrick F. Philbin, Former Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice); Oversight Hearing on Reform of the State Secrets Privilege (Statement of H. Thomas Wells, Jr., President-Elect, American Bar Association); Regarding the State Secrets Privilege (Statement of Bruce Fein, Chairman of the American Freedom Agenda); Hearing on H.R.5607, State Secrets Protection Act of 2008 (Statement of Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel, National Security Archive); Testimony of Steven R. Shapiro, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union (Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, & Civil Liberties); H.R.5607, the "State Secrets Protection Act of 2008" (Testimony of Michael A. Vatis, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP); The State Secrets Privilege & Other Limits on Litigation Involving Classified Information (Edward C. Liu, Legislative Attorney); Index.