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We are extremely blissful that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Fazaga, et al v. FBI, et al, issued a ruling that rejected the FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation's request for a constitutional suit that was brought against them to be dismissed pursuant to the "state secrets privilege defense." When the FBI engages in thuggish "COINTELPRO" survelliance investigations and operations against the community, we are hoping that more and more federal appeals courts will not give them a free pass to step on the Constitution of the United States while trying to dismiss suits that are filed against them for violating the Supreme Law of the United States. The FBI and the "state secrets privilege defense" are absolutely not above the Constitution of the United States and we believe that Congress needs to reform the "state secrets privilege defense" because it is widely being incorrectly used in United States Courts.

Court rejects state secrets claim in FBI mosque surveillance suit The long-awaited decision is a blow to the government’s use of the so-called state secrets privilege.