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Group: Founder of Tibetan Web site gets 15 years
Nov 17th, 2009 - kansascity
The founder of a Tibetan literary Web site was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of disclosing state secrets, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday. Kunchok Tsephel, 39, was convicted and sentenced Nov...
Obama Administration: Toss Wiretap Lawsuit
Oct 31st, 2009 - CBS News
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out. In making the argument...
National security cited in Obama administration bid to stop warrantless wiretap lawsuit
Oct 31st, 2009 - StarTribune
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out. In making the argument...
Obama administration invokes state secrets privilege to block lawsuit over warrantless wiretap
Oct 30th, 2009 - StarTribune
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department invoked the state secrets privilege Friday to try to stop a lawsuit over Bush-era wiretapping — the first time the Obama administration has done so under its new policy on such cases.State Secrets Limits Adopted by Obama Administration
Sep 23rd, 2009 - Bloomberg
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration said itwill make it more difficult for the U.S. to block lawsuitsagainst the government by claiming it must withhold statesecrets to protect national security.



