Obama administration seeks to block wiretap suit

Associated Press by Devlin Barrett | Oct. 31, 2009 (News Report)

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.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced the decision in a California lawsuit challenging the warrantless wiretapping program begun after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Full Story »

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