FBI Agents To Argue Separately In Supreme Court Case Over State Secrets Privilege

Mealey's (October 13, 2021, 10:13 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five FBI agents who were sued in their individual capacities for their roles in the surveillance of Muslim communities will be able to participate in upcoming oral arguments over whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) displaces the state secrets privilege, with the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 12 granting the agents’ motion for divided oral argument and providing them with 10 minutes to offer their own arguments independent of petitioners the United States and the FBI....