Ameena Mirza Qazi

Council on American-Islamic Relations

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Deputy Executive Director and staff attorney at the Council on American-Islamic Relations

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The "state secrets privilege" allows the federal government to ask lawsuits to be dismissed on the grounds that evidence might damage national security.

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The "state secrets privilege" allows the federal government to ask lawsuits to be dismissed on the grounds that evidence might damage national security.

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