Obama Administration Claims "Sovereign Immunity" in Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit Against NSA over Domestic Surveillance

We speak to attorney and blogger Glenn Greenwald about how the Department of Justice has demanded the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation based on “state secrets” and “sovereign immunity.” Greenwald says the “sovereign immunity” claim is “of breathtaking scope—never before advanced even by the Bush administration—that the PATRIOT Act bars any lawsuits of any kind for illegal government surveillance unless ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 16, 2009

The article focuses on constitutional liberties being effectively abrogated by the Obama administration under the cover of an invented doctrine of government immunity.

We elected a president, not a king.

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