Here it is:
I know it's an ACLU press release but that's the first google 'news' link that came up.
Any way the 'privledge' (closing quote omitted above) is called the "state secrets" privilege:
Here's the meat of article:
Quote:
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Sibel Edmonds, a Turkish-American woman, was hired as a translator by the FBI shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 because of her knowledge of Middle Eastern languages. Judge Reggie Walton in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed Edmonds retaliation case, citing the government's “states secrets privilege.” The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling, and on August 4, 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Edmonds' case.
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If my one above fails to produce results...keep on eye on this option.
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