<i>Judge Ellis said: "For Wikimedia to litigate the standing issue further, and for defendants to defend adequately in any further litigation, would require the disclosure of protected state secrets, namely details about the Upstream surveillance program's operations. For the reasons that follow, therefore, the standing issue cannot be tried, or otherwise further litigated, without risking or requiring harmful disclosures of privileged state secrets, an outcome prohibited under binding Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit precedent.<p>"Thus, the case must be dismissed, and judgment must be entered in favor of defendants."</i><p>Ellis is a traitor in the legal sense of the word, and (though it's been obvious for a while) the court systems are broken.<p>Formerly, Ellis has similarly sided with the CIA against Khalid El-Masri, a man who was "allegedly" tortured by the CIA, despite being fully aware justice wasn't being dealt. To quote him:<p><i>"If El-Masri's allegations are true or essentially true, then all fair-minded people, including those who believe that state secrets must be protected, that this lawsuit cannot proceed, and that renditions are a necessary step to take in this war, must also agree that El-Masri has suffered injuries as a result of our country's mistake and deserves a remedy."</i><p><a href="https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/day-court-denied-victim-cia-kidnapping-and-rendition-khaled-el-masri" rel="nofollow">https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/day-court-denied-victim-...</a><p>Given that the Judicial Branch can be considered compromised, the Executive Branch is the one being accused, and the Legislative Branch allowed this to happen to begin with, <i>everyone</i> should act as if the U.S. government is a hostile, compromised actor. Don't attack it, but defend yourself.<p>Avoid allowing proprietary software from touching any of your secrets (ideally go for software created by foreigners). Keep your communications safe and encrypted. Standard stuff, but there's more of an incentive to use it, now.