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been cited as the leading state secrets case. now that this ninth circuit known as a liberal circuit ruled on this, what are the odds that the supreme court hears that and/or overturns it? the court has been avoiding this issue for years. they avoided it in the area 51 case that i had. the problem is that the entire privilege is based on a case called united states versus reynolds from 1953. that case was built on a lie that at the time, various families that were suing over a b-52 crash in georgia said that the government was simply lying and hiding evidence by claiming national security. well, in the year 2000, those documents were in fact unsealed and declassified and the families were right. the government did lie. they did use national security for purely tactical reasons. but the privilege continued. you had a privilege that was born in abuse and continues that form of abuse.
single victim of the bush administration torture programs has had a day in court. joining us now, a constitutional law expert and law professor at george washington university. jonathan turley. you were the counsel on was has been cited as the leading state secrets case. now that this ninth circuit known as a liberal circuit ruled on this, what are the odds that the supreme court hears that and/or overturns it? the court has been avoiding this issue for years. they avoided it in the area 51 case that i had. the problem is that the entire privilege is based on a case called united states versus reynolds from 1953. that case was built on a lie that at the time, various families that were suing over a b-52 crash in georgia said that the government was simply lying and hiding evidence by claiming national security. well, in the year 2000, those documents were in fact unsealed and declassified and the families were right.
not a single victim of the bush administration torture programs has had a day in court. joining us now, a constitutional law expert and law professor at george washington university. jonathan turley. john, good evening. hi, keith. you were the counsel on was has been cited as the leading state secrets case, area 51. now that this ninth circuit known as a liberal circuit ruled on this, what are the odds that the supreme court hears that and/or overturns it? the court has been avoiding this issue for years. they avoided it in the area 51 case that i had. the problem is that the entire privilege is based on a case called united states versus reynolds from 1953. that case was built on a demonstrable lie, that at the time, various families that were suing over b-52 crash in georgia, say the that the government was simply lying and hiding evidence by claiming national security. well, in the year 2000, those documents were, in fact, unsealed and declassified, and
lead council in a state secrets case. all right, professor, i m glad you could be with us. does this case merit a state secret privilege? well, i have to say, i find it questionable. because the indication really raises a very simple and threshold issue, and that is, can the president of the united states on his own authority simply say, i m going to kill this citizen? now, obviously the administration has some very good reasons to want to capture him. but to do a targeted assassination of a citizen without any due process raises obvious concerns. but really before we get to that, the problem with the privilege assertion is that this question can be answered without access to most of that information. i mean, presents a constitutional question, not a really a national security question in terms of the details of what s happening in yemen or any other country. what do you mean?