White (House) lies: why the public must compel the courts to hold the President accountable for national security abuses.

Law and Contemporary Problems, March, 2005 by Yamamoto, Eric K.

History teaches us how easily the spectre of a threat to "national security" may be used to justify a wide variety of repressive government actions. A blind acceptance by the courts of the government's insistence on the need for secrecy, without notice to others, without argument, and without a statement of reasons would impermissibly compromise the independence of the judiciary and open the door to possible abuse. (1)

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INTRODUCTION

"Mission Accomplished," said the huge aircraft carrier banner behind President Bush in May 2003 when he announced the United States' victory in Iraq. Six months later, amid intensifying criticism over the rising numbers of American deaths and organizational disarray in Iraq, President Bush publicly disclaimed...

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