For example, in the three or four cases that the Bush administration has asserted the privilege - in the NSA eavesdropping program context, I can imagine, having served at the National Security Council and the CIA, any number of scenarios under which it would be tremendously damaging to our national security for al-Qaida to understand any of the facts about this program.

NPR: Invoking the State Secrets Privilege

That resolution, according to a GOP spokesman, would allow the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to file a lawsuit asking the courts to examine the Justice Department's failure to produce certain subpoenaed documents, as well as the validity of the administration's assertion of executive privilege.

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The Administration's sweeping claims of executive privilege, for instance, will ultimately be tossed out by the Supreme Court, but the claims will delay investigations.

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Indeed, when our office sought to have the Supreme Court of the United States decide all three privilege claims at once this past June, the administration opposed expedited consideration.

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And then, beginning with administration of Jimmy Carter, which had nine assertions of the privilege, and increasingly throughout the last 30 years, you've seen that presidents have turned to it - and more and more often.

NPR: Invoking the State Secrets Privilege

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the White House's claim of attorney-client privilege to keep the notes secret, and the administration turned the notes over to Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr late Monday night.

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The administration argues secrecy is needed to preserve the usefulness of those programs, and that State Secretes Privilege is a valuable tool.

NPR: Invoking the State Secrets Privilege

The Bush administration has refused to share records of the program with federal courts, invoking a "state secrets" privilege.

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