S.2533 - State Secrets Protection Act

A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: State Secrets Protection Act as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. as introduced.
  • Short: State Secrets Protection Act as reported to senate.

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04/23/08
ACLU Urges Senate Committee to Pas...

... vote Senator Kennedy’s bill out of committee and send it to the floor as soon as possible." To read the ACLU’s letter to the Comm...

Source: ACLU (press release), NY
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04/23/08
Committee passes 'State Secrets' bill

That makes the future of the measure, S. 2533, unclear. The Senate has a lot on its plate and little time to get it all done as the calen...

Source: Baltimore Sun, United States
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01/24/08
US Gov't (suprise) Overstates Secrets

... whether information is covered by the state secrets privilege." Senator Kennedy introduced the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533)...

Source: Gather.com, MA
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01/24/08
The State Secrets Protection Act

The full text of the "State Secrets Protection Act" (S. 2533) was not yet up on Thomas.loc.gov on first posting. Matt Welch from Jan. ...

Source: Reason Online, CA
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12/15/08
LexisNexis News - Latest News from...

It should also support legislative efforts, such as the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533/H.R. 5607), to allow more meaningful judici...

Source: Congress - Press Releases
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12/11/08
Feingold Calls on President-Elect ...

It should also support legislative efforts, such as the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533/H.R. 5607), to allow more meaningful judici...

Source: YubaNet.com
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12/09/08
Feingold Calls on President-Elect ...

It should also support legislative efforts, such as the State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533/H.R. 5607), to allow more meaningful judici...

Source: News from US Senator Russ Feingold
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11/15/08
Inter arma enim silent leges

Retrieved October 14, 2008, from Congressional Record S.2533 110th Congress 2D Session: www.fas.org/irp/congress/2008_cr/statesec.html. T...

Source: Ashley Ragovin
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10/24/08
EFF: Help Stop Bush's State Secret...

Please do contact your Senator and urge them to support S. 2533: The State Secrets Protection Act, either through the EFF website or you ...

Source: Crooks and Liars
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10/11/08
EFF: Help Stop Bush's State Secret...

Please do contact your Senator and urge them to support S. 2533: The State Secrets Protection Act, either through the EFF website or you ...

Source: Crooks and Liars
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09/29/08
The Posterity Project: Secrecy rep...

... Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007; S. 274: Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act; S. 3077: Strengthening Tran...

Source: The Posterity Project
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09/26/08
Irregular Times: News » Senator R...

With regard to this administration’s overuse of the state secrets privilege, University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone and man...

Source: Irregular Times: News
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09/10/08
110th Congress Committee Reports

S.2774 - Federal Judgeship Act of 2008 (Senate Report 110-427, July 21, 2008); S.2533 - State Secrets Protection Act (Senate Report 110-4...

Source: Senate Judiciary Committee Reports - 110th...
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09/04/08
EFF:

Lend your support to the State Secrets Protection Act (S.2533), which limits the scope of a government privilege being abused to cover up...

Source: EFF Alerts
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