WHITE (HOUSE) LIES: WHY THE PUBLIC MUST COMPEL THE COURTS TO HOLD THE PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ABUSES

History teaches us how easily the spectre of a threat to "national security" may be used to justify a wide variety of repressive government actions.A blind acceptance by the courts of the government's insistence on the need for secrecy, without notice to others, without argument, and without a statement of reasons would impermissibly compromise the independence of the judiciary and open the door to possible abuse.