{"id":4084,"date":"2007-11-26T12:52:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T18:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:48:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:48:47","slug":"congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress, courts: What&#8217;s Bush hiding with &#8216;state secrets&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/bushdm0507_468x308.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/bushdm0507_468x308.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>PAMELA HESS, AP News<\/p>\n<p>In federal courts and on Capitol Hill, challenges are brewing to a key legal strategy President Bush is using to protect a secret surveillance program that monitors phone calls and e-mails inside the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Under grilling from lawmakers and attack by lawsuits alleging Bush authorized the illegal wiretapping of Americans, the White House has invoked a legal defense known as the &#8220;state secrets&#8221; doctrine &#8212; a claim that the president has inherent and unchecked power to shield national security information from disclosure, either to plaintiffs in court or to congressional overseers.<\/p>\n<p>The principle was established a half-century ago when, ruling in a wrongful-death case brought by the widows of civilians killed in a military plane crash, the Supreme Court upheld the Air Force&#8217;s refusal to provide an accident report to the plaintiffs. The government contended releasing the document would compromise information about a secret mission and intelligence equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090122085801\/http:\/\/www.rawstory.com:80\/news\/mochila\/Congress_courts_examine_state_secre_11262007.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAMELA HESS, AP News In federal courts and on Capitol Hill, challenges are brewing to a key legal strategy President Bush is using to protect a secret surveillance program that monitors phone calls and e-mails inside the United States. Under grilling from lawmakers and attack by lawsuits alleging Bush authorized the illegal wiretapping of Americans,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-evidence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Congress, courts: What&#039;s Bush hiding with &#039;state secrets&#039;? &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\"},\"headline\":\"Congress, courts: What&#8217;s Bush hiding with &#8216;state secrets&#8217;?\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-11-26T18:52:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-21T19:48:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":165,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/bush%20-%20funny.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Bush Era\",\"Impeachment Evidence\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/\",\"name\":\"Congress, courts: What's Bush hiding with 'state secrets'? &#8226; Impeach for Peace\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/bush%20-%20funny.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-11-26T18:52:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-21T19:48:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\"},\"description\":\"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/bush%20-%20funny.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/11\\\/bush%20-%20funny.jpg\",\"width\":252,\"height\":258},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"description\":\"Citizen Impeachment Tool\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\",\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"description\":\"The citizen's Trump impeachment strategy. The rules of Congress stipulate citizens can initiate the process. A Missouri citizen (Luke) used this to impeach a federal judge. Spread the word. https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/cgi-bin\\\/diy.cgi?Trump\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/WeImpeach.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/WeImpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/weimpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/weimpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/@WeImpeach\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCnyJ_OG9sOXbbMFLJTBs_yA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/weimpeach.tumblr.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ifp\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Congress, courts: What's Bush hiding with 'state secrets'? &#8226; Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/"},"author":{"name":"Impeach for Peace","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a"},"headline":"Congress, courts: What&#8217;s Bush hiding with &#8216;state secrets&#8217;?","datePublished":"2007-11-26T18:52:58+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-21T19:48:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/"},"wordCount":165,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/bush%20-%20funny.jpg","articleSection":["Bush Era","Impeachment Evidence"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/","name":"Congress, courts: What's Bush hiding with 'state secrets'? &#8226; Impeach for Peace","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/bush%20-%20funny.jpg","datePublished":"2007-11-26T18:52:58+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-21T19:48:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a"},"description":"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/congress-courts-whats-bush-hiding-with-state-secrets\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/bush%20-%20funny.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/bush%20-%20funny.jpg","width":252,"height":258},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/","name":"Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen Impeachment Tool","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a","name":"Impeach for Peace","description":"The citizen's Trump impeachment strategy. The rules of Congress stipulate citizens can initiate the process. A Missouri citizen (Luke) used this to impeach a federal judge. Spread the word. https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/cgi-bin\/diy.cgi?Trump","sameAs":["http:\/\/WeImpeach.org","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeImpeach\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weimpeach\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/weimpeach\/","https:\/\/x.com\/@WeImpeach","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnyJ_OG9sOXbbMFLJTBs_yA","https:\/\/weimpeach.tumblr.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/author\/ifp\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}