Judge to Justice: "Because We Say So" Isn’t Good Enough
· Story link A federal district judge criticized the Bush administration for its blanket secrecy response to Freedom of Information…
A federal district judge criticized the Bush administration for its blanket secrecy response to Freedom of Information Act requests on the warrantless surveillance program. “While the court is certainly sensitive to the government’s need to protect classified information and its deliberative processes, essentially declaring ‘because we say so’ is an inadequate” defense, Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. said. (9/6/07)