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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071009/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_cia_lawsuit;_ylt=Ak97Md2_gn9QCJLbfbR_HK6s0NUE
Supreme Court rejects German citizens claim of misconduct by CIA.
"The Supreme Court rejected without comment an appeal from Khaled el-Masri,
effectively endorsing Bush administration arguments that state secrets would be
revealed if courts allowed the case to proceed."
Translation: The Supreme Court has decided that it would be better for crimes
committed by the CIA to go unpunished based on the fact that it would help them
hide secrets from U.S. citizens a bit better.
Further, what secrets were they so scared of escaping?
Well, considering Masri's account they go as follows:
1. How to beat someone up and degrade them effectively.
2. How to force confessions (of the fake kind, obviously).
3. Where the CIA keeps people they beat up and force false confessions out of.
"The U.S. government has neither confirmed nor denied el-Masri's account and,
in urging the court not to hear the case, said that the facts central to el-Masri's
claims "concern the highly classified methods and means of the program."
Supreme Court rejects German citizens claim of misconduct by CIA.
"The Supreme Court rejected without comment an appeal from Khaled el-Masri,
effectively endorsing Bush administration arguments that state secrets would be
revealed if courts allowed the case to proceed."
Translation: The Supreme Court has decided that it would be better for crimes
committed by the CIA to go unpunished based on the fact that it would help them
hide secrets from U.S. citizens a bit better.
Further, what secrets were they so scared of escaping?
Well, considering Masri's account they go as follows:
1. How to beat someone up and degrade them effectively.
2. How to force confessions (of the fake kind, obviously).
3. Where the CIA keeps people they beat up and force false confessions out of.
"The U.S. government has neither confirmed nor denied el-Masri's account and,
in urging the court not to hear the case, said that the facts central to el-Masri's
claims "concern the highly classified methods and means of the program."