State Secrets Privilege Used Again

Yeah, it seems to be happening more and more, doesn't it? This time, it concerned conversations between George W. Bush and Tony Blair regarding the Iraq War. Justice Aikens stated that "any discussion of an already partially leaked document - in which Mr. Bush purportedly said in April 2004 that he wanted to bomb the Arabic satellite TV station al-Jazeera, and Mr. Blair expressed concern about U.S. military tactics in the Iraqi city of Falluja - must be heard behind closed doors." Guess what other reason he gave for ruling it this way? "National security." That excuse never gets old, does it? Well, to their credit, if it keeps working, then why change it? Hopefully it won't for too much longer and they'll actually need to resort to some other form of reason or rationale.

Link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1823628,00.html