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Government

May 24, 2013

Attorney general avoids deposition in No-Fly case

Attorney General Eric Holder will not have to be deposed to explain why the state secrets privilege was invoked in a case about a woman's placement on the government's No-Fly List, a San Francisco federal judge ruled Thursday.

By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Attorney General Eric Holder and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper will not have to sit through a deposition to explain why the state secrets privilege was invoked in a case about a woman's placement on the government's No-Fly List, a San Francisco federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said in a three-page order he has reviewed the documents at issue and they are properly classified and the...

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