Supreme Court upholds government's claim of secrecy in case of prisoner tortured by CIA
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Mar 03, 2022
2 minutes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday the government may invoke the "state secrets" privilege to block former U.S. contractors from testifying about the now well-known waterboarding and torture of prisoners held at CIA sites in Poland.
By a 6-3 vote, the justices said the U.S. government can claim a privilege of secrecy even if it is not a secret.
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