Is Zion the 'National Family of the Jewish People'? - Global Spin .

In a scathing commentary on the indulgence of the Obama Administration relying on Dennis Rossto resuscitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israeli journalist Akiva Eldar notes that Ross has been at the essence of only about every failed initiative on that front over the preceding two decades - and that now, as ever, he is running interference for the Israelis, sustaining what he says is an illusion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's willingness to create major concessions while restraining the U.

CRS — The State Secrets Privilege: Preventing the Disclosure of .

The State Secrets Privilege: Preventing the Disclosure of Sensitive National Security Information During Civil Litigation (PDF)
Source:Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

The state secrets privilege is a judicially created evidentiary privilege that allows the union authorities to resist court-ordered disclosure of data during litigation if there is a reasonable risk that such disclosure would damage the internal certificate of the United States.