[news] U.S. invokes secrets privilege in torture lawsuit

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New York - "The Justice Department has again asserted 'state secrets privilege' in seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian citizen who was detained in the United States in 2002 and sent against his will to Syria, where he says he was tortured until his release a year later."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/2/8/62249/37318