Quotes
- "Because it is so powerful and can trample legitimate claims against the government, the state secrets privilege is not to be lightly invoked" – (United States v. Reynolds, 345 U.S. 1, 7 (1953))
- "The state secrets privilege is a common law evidentiary rule that allows the government to withhold information from discovery when disclosure would be inimical to national security." – Zuckerbraun v. General Dynamics Corp., 935 F.2d 544, 546 (2d Cir. 1991).
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