OH-FER-TWO

Two Branches of the American government are terribly wrong and it looks like the 3rd one will follow suit:

Supreme Court refuses ‘extraordinary rendition’ torture case
By Kase Wickman
Monday, May 16th, 2011 -- 3:51 pm
The Raw Story

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would not hear the case of five men who said they had fallen victim to a Central Intelligence Agency practice called "extraordinary rendition," in which suspects are sent illegally to other countries to be tortured for information.

A San Francisco federal appeals court dismissed the case on a 6-5 vote, which was upheld by the Supreme Court today.

“The government’s interest in national security must be deemed paramount to the interests of private litigants in pursuing civil actions,” acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal argued in court papers, according to Bloomberg.

The nation's highest court said that trying the case would inevitably lead to state secrets being aired.

Beyond this particular case, Congress may soon authorize even broader rights for intelligence gathering. A section of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 would authorize the Executive Branch to "address the continuing and evolving threat posed by these groups," according to The American Prospect, meaning anyone suspected of a terrorist connection, anywhere in the world, would be a fair target for military force or questioning.