State Secrets Privilege and the War on Terror

Congressional Research Service Report: The State Secrets Privilege: Preventing the Disclosure of Sensitive National Security Information During Civil Litigation: https://sgp.fas.org/crs/secrecy/R41741.pdf

United States v. Reynolds: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/345us1

Choose one of the two pending Supreme Court cases on the State Secrets Privilege to read in more depth:

Case#1: U.S. v. Zubaydah

United States v. Zubaydah:https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-827

U.S. Solicitor General Letter - Case of United States v. Husayn (Abu Zubaydah)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-827/196599/20211015172617420_Letter%2020-827.pdf

Congressional Research Service Report: Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture

https://sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/RL32890.pdf

Case #2: Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga

Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-828

Congressional Research Service Report: FBI v. Fazaga: Supreme Court Examines Interplay of State Secrets Privilege and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10683

Discuss your thoughts on one of the pending Supreme Court Cases related to Post 9/11 counterterrorism activities and the government assertion of the State Secrets Privilege.Briefly discuss the facts of the case and your thoughts on how the Supreme Court should rule.Use the facts of the case, the Congressional Research Service Report on State Secrets Privilege, and the landmark case of U.S. v. Reynolds to frame your argument.