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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
I disagree. In the case where you kidnap an unrelated person, there is no necessity to divulge state secrets in order to admit guilt.
Nobody says that the government has to divulge everything they knew about Al-Masri, and then say that El-Masri isn't Al-Masri.
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It's not simply divulging information about the intended target, it's about divulging information about how the intelligence operated, how the detention was carried out, methods used etc. If it was as simple as getting the CIA to say 'whoops, sorry about that' then you're right, there wouldn't be much need to disclose anything else, but I don't think that's what was being requested as relief. There's also the fact that the mere acknowledgement of the legitimacy of any facts included in el-Masri's complaint would effectively reveal state secrets.