Obama wins the right to invoke "State Secrtes" to protect Bush crimes

In a 6-5 ruling this afternoon, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Obama administration a major victory in its efforts to shield Bush crimes from judicial review, when the court upheld the Obama DOJ's argument that Bush's rendition and torture programs are "state secrets" and its legality thus cannot be adjudicated by courts.  The Obama DOJ had appealed to the full 9th Circuit from a ruling by a 3-judge panel which rejected the "state secrets" argument and held that it cannot be...