Lies, lies, and more lies

“The power of federal judges to review the conduct of the executive branch, both in FOIA cases and in others, hangs in the balance.”
https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/should-government-be-punished-when-it-lies-courts

Judge Napolitano: “The Supreme Court has ruled over and over and over again: the government can lie to us…the remedy is not legal, it is political.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yJA86j2UUo

“In what legal experts characterized as a rare finding, Judge Christensen concluded that the Government, as the defendant in the case, had ”perpetrated a fraud upon the court.” As a result of ”convoluted actions,” the judge said, ”the processes of the court were manipulated to the improper and unacceptable advantage of the defendants.””
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/05/us/judge-says-us-lied-in-fallout-case.html

“Federal Appeals Court Lets FBI off the Hook after It Lied to a Judge”
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/federal-appeals-court-lets-fbi-off-the-hook-after-it-lied-to-a-judge-130812?news=850840

“Court: Federal Law Allows Lying in TSA-Related FOIA Requests”
http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/court-federal-law-allows-lying-in-tsa-related-foia-requests/