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The State Secrets Privilege: Preventing the Disclosure of Sensitive National Security Information During Civil Litigation

Todd Garvey, Edward C. Liu

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This report presents an overview of the protections afforded by the state secrets privilege; a discussion of some of the many unresolved issues associated with the privilege; and a selection of high-profile examples of how the privilege has been applied in practice.

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This report presents an overview of the protections afforded by the state secrets privilege; a discussion of some of the many unresolved issues associated with the privilege; and a selection of high-profile examples of how the privilege has been applied in practice.

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This report presents an overview of the protections afforded by the state secrets privilege; a discussion of some of the many unresolved issues associated with the privilege; and a selection of high-profile examples of how the privilege has been applied in practice.

Key concepts: Privilege (computing), Civil litigation, State (computer science), Political science, Selection (genetic algorithm), Computer security, Law, Internet privacy

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