El-Masri v. Tenet/Definition
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A case involving extrajudicial detention, in which the U.S. government stopped a lawsuit by a person captured due to an error in identification, by invoking the state secrets privilege; the dismissal was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and has been as a strong precedent for a wide interpretation of the privilege