Justices will again confront state-secrets privilege in lawsuit challenging FBI surveillance of mosques

Justices will again confront state-secrets privilege in lawsuit challenging FBI surveillance of mosques

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The FBI called it “Operation Flex”: a counterterrorism investigation in southern California. When three of the Americans targeted by the FBI learned of the investigation, they filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging that the FBI and its agents had discriminated against them based on their religion and had conducted illegal searches. That lawsuit is now before the Supreme Court, which will hear argument Monday on whether it should be dismissed under the “state secrets” privilege or whether a … Read the rest