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...by a person captured due to an error in identification, by invoking the [[state secrets privilege]]; the dismissal was upheld by the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth C

...the U.S. but had his case, [[el-Masri v. Tenet]], rejected based on the [[state secrets privilege]]

...n May 2006, by the District Court, after the U.S. government invoked the [[state secrets privilege]] to avoid discussing why he had been captured; how he had been subjected t ...case has been used as a strong precedent for a wide interpretation of the state secrets privilege.

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...broad legal policy, as in defining the potential and appropriate use of a state secrets privilege. It can also be used as a political or demagogic appeal to allow unrestrai

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...about secret equipment. The government’s true motivation in asserting the state secrets privilege was to cover up its own negligence."<ref name=ACLU2007-01-31>{{citation | title = Background on the State Secrets Privilege

...he Fourth Circuit]] rejected his suit based on the legal doctrine of the [[state secrets privilege]]. On March 9, 2009, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] declined a

Soon after taking office, he ordered a review of pending state secrets privilege applications by Federal prosecutors, although asked that it be applied in a

{{main|State secrets privilege}} ...gnored public disclosure rules and has invoked a legal tool known as the [[state secrets privilege|"state secrets" privilege]] more than any other previous administration to

...for avoiding international extradition is that the matter may involve the state secrets privilege, upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in el-Masri v.

...the captives' rights to privacy, or fell under national security where the state secrets privilege could be invoked.

...President to do this. The Administration also made extensive use of the [[state secrets privilege]], more extensively than other presidencies, often moving to stop a trial r