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Thursday, October 9, 2014

US invokes secrets privilege to request civil lawsuit against Iran sanctions group be dropped

Source: www.theguardian.com - Thursday, October 09, 2014 Justice Department cites national security concerns in bid to drop private defamation lawsuit filed by Greek businessman The US government on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss a private civil lawsuit against an Iran sanctions group on national security grounds without any public explanation for the reason. If the judge agrees, it would mark the first time the government had invoked the state secrets privilege without publicly explaining its motivation for doing so. Continue reading...All Related


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