Court Quote by Al Franken

It's very, very difficult I think for us to have a transparent debate about secret programs approved by a secret court issuing secret court…

— Tom Udall

I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a…

— Edward Snowden

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it.…

— Rachel Maddow

Along with my colleagues Mark Warner and Sheldon Whitehouse, I have been working to end the process of secret holds, which is when senators…

— Claire McCaskill

Secret courts making secret rulings on secret laws, and companies flagrantly lying to consumers about the insecurity of their products and services, undermine the…

— Bruce Schneier

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom…

— Alan Dershowitz

It's tempting to dismiss the debate about the National Security Agency spying on Americans as a technical conflict about procedural rights.

— Jacob Weisberg

Secret courts require great faith that the Justice Department - and future Justice Departments - will act with integrity.

— Benjamin Wittes

It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets.

— Robert Novak

Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity

— John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

“However, this court is constrained by law, and under the law, I can only conclude that the Government has not violated FOIA by refusing…

— Colleen McMahon

One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship…

— Dick Cheney