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Originally Posted by Dukester
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Holder was asked by Couric if he felt "it was appropriate to invoke it at certain times?":
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Holder: "At certain times. But I want to make sure that we only do it where it's absolutely necessary. I would only apply the doctrine where - national security was at stake, where the lives of the American people were at stake. Where sources and methods used by our intelligence - at - our intelligence assets were used. This is a very transparent administration.
This is going to be a very transparent Justice Department. But I'm not gonna sacrifice the safety of the American people or our ability to protect - the American homeland. And that is - as I said, first and foremost."
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Then Couric asked Holder,"do you believe the state secrets doctrine was abused by the Bush administration? ":
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Holder: "Well, I'm in the process of looking - that is being reviewed now. And so, I'll see what the result of that - review is. And as I said, try to share the results of that review with the American people.
On the basis of the two, three cases that we've had to review so far - I think that the invocation of the doctrine was correct." LINK
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I'm not sure where 0bama is going with this, other then to say sometimes things are state secrets, sometimes they aren't, and he is trying to balance political advantages over national security concerns. In other words, does he still want to prosecute Bush and Cheney for waterboarding, and trying to find a way around releasing damaging national security secrets?
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