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Government

Sep. 25, 2009

Government Seeks Dismissal in Surveillance Case

A San Francisco federal judge trying to resolve a sticky state secrets case may have backed himself into a corner in an effort to avoid using classified information.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Francisco federal judge trying to resolve a sticky state secrets case may have backed himself into a corner in an effort to avoid using classified information.

The Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation has been trying to prove since 2006 that it was illegally spied on without a warrant. Both the Bush and Obama administrations have argued the case should be dismissed on state secrets grounds. New state sec...

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