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El-Masri v. U.S., No. 06-1667 (4th Cir.) (479 F.3d 296) (March 2, 2007) (Judge Robert Bruce King)

Loaded on Feb. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists February 12, 2007
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, States Secrets Privilege.

Here the Court affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights suit for damages arising out of the plaintiff's allegations that he had been subjected to unlawful abduction, detention and torture because of the Government's assertion of the states secret doctrine.

Khaled El-Masri, the plaintiff in this case, is a German ...

 

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