Court Rules that CIA Committed Fraud in State Secrets Case

In 2008, however, the district court learned from the Department of Justice that Brown’s cover had been lifted in 2002. Despite this change in status, the CIA continued to claim that Brown was still covert. The discovery of this lie led to the district court's most recent decision. Judge Royce Lamberth wrote that it soon became “clear … that many of the issues [of the case] are unclassified.”

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 29, 2009 - 3:30 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 29, 2009

The history of the case is presented along with the ruling.

Using false state secret claims should carry high penalties, since it is usually so hard to prove.

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