Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in deportations case

[CRAIG NIGRELLI]

GOOD MORNING

I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI

IT’S TUESDAY MARCH 25TH, 2025 AND THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES. 

L3: DEPORTATION SHOWDOWN

DEPORTATION SHOWDOWN. THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO LEAN ON THE **ALIEN ENEMIES ACT”,  AS THE MATTER OF FLYING MIGRANTS TO EL SALVADOR   HEADS TO A DIFFERENT COURT. THE JUDGE SAID AND WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE.   

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L3: WAR PLANS GROUP CHAT

ALSO,  A FIRESTORM OF REACTION TO REPORTS THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SENT ATTACK PLANS, AGAINST THE HOUTHI REBELS, TO A JOURNALIST, ON AN UNCLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT.  THIS MORNING WHAT THE DEFENSE SECRETARY AND THE PRESIDENT ARE NOW SAYING,    

L3: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INVOKES STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE IN DEPORTATIONS CASE

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS INVOKED A “STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE” — REFUSING TO GIVE A FEDERAL JUDGE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEPORTATION OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS TO EL SALVADOR UNDER AN 18-TH CENTURY WARTIME LAW KNOWN AS– THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT.

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THE MOVE COMES AS U-S DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES BOASBERG IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT DEFIED HIS ORDER TO TURN PLANES AROUND CARRYING MIGRANTS EARLIER THIS MONTH,  AFTER HE BLOCKED THE DEPORTATIONS OF SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, ALLEGED TO BE GANG MEMBERS,  WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.

BOASBERG WANTS DETAILS ABOUT **WHEN** THE PLANES LANDED AND **WHO** WAS ON BOARD — INFORMATION THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS WOULD CREATE “DIPLOMATIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS.”  THE PLANES EVENTUALLY LANDED IN EL SALVADOR. 

MEANWHILE, GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS ALSO ASKED A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT ON MONDAY TO LIFT BOASBERG’S ORDER AND ALLOW DEPORTATIONS TO CONTINUE.

AS U-S CIRCUIT JUDGE PATRICIA MILLETT QUESTIONED A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWYER ABOUT THE ALLEGED TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS WHO WERE FLOWN TO A PRISON IN EL SALVADOR UNDER THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT — SHE COMMENTED QUOTE “NAZIS GOT BETTER TREATMENT” DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

THE APPEALS COURT DID **NOT** RULE ON THE ADMINISTRATION’S REQUEST TO LIFT BOASBERG’S ORDER DURING YESTERDAY’S HEARING.

L3: U.S. CONTINUES TO TARGET YEMEN’S HOUTHI REBELS WITH DEADLY AIRSTRIKES

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NOW TO THE MIDDLE EAST —  WHERE U-S AIRSTRIKES TARGETING YEMEN’S HOUTHI REBELS POUNDED SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT AND INTO THIS MORNING.

THE IRAN-BACKED MILITANT GROUP SAYS ONE ATTACK IN THE CAPITAL KILLED AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE AND LEFT MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS WOUNDED.

THIS MARKS THE 10-TH DAY OF AMERICAN STRIKES ON THE REBELS.

THEY STRIKES ARE PART OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN TO TARGET THE REBEL GROUP WHILE PUTTING PRESSURE ON IRAN.

IRANIAN OFFICIALS MAINTAIN THEY DO **NOT** SUPPORT THE HOUTHIS — WHO HAVE BEEN LAUNCHING ATTACKS AGAINST U-S AND ISRAELI SHIPS IN THE RED SEA AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR HAMAS SINCE THE PALESTINIAN MILITANT GROUP ATTACKED ISRAEL IN OCTOBER OF 20-23.

REPORTS INDICATE THE HOUTHIS HAVE MORE THAN 100 commercial and military ships in the region, INCLUIDNG THE RED SEA, THE ARABEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF ADEN. 

L3: SECURITY BREACH LEADS TO BIPARTISAN CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION

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MEANWHILE THIS MORNING THE FALLOUT CONTINUES ON THE SHARING OF U-S ATTACK PLANS AGAINST THE IRAN-BACKED HOUTHI REBELS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, OVER AN UNCLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT, THAT A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SUPPOSEDLY SENT TO THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE.

DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH NOW TELLS REPORTERS QUOTE “NOBODY WAS TEXTING WAR PLANS”.  HERE’S STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT RAY BOGAN TO EXPLAIN THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.</span>

If you can cut out Ray’s tag that would be good, but I don’t think you can based on the slight overlap of the app push.

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tyle=”font-weight: 400;”>L3: SECURITY BREACH LEADS TO BIPARTISAN CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RESPONDED TO THE CONTROVERSY WHEN SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS LATE YESTERDAY — HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:

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“I don’t know anything about it. I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. It’s to me, it’s a magazine that’s going out of business. I think it’s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it.”

L3: U.S. AND RUSSIA TO MAKE JOINT STATEMENT AFTER UKRAINE PEACE TALKS

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THE U-S AND RUSSIA ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A JOINT STATEMENT SOMETIME TODAY — REGARDING YESTERDAY’S TALKS ABOUT A CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE AND POTENTIAL END TO THE WAR THERE, ACCORDING to  RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA AND C-B-S NEWS.

IT COMES AFTER 12-HOUR CLOSED-DOOR TALKS IN SAUDI ARABIA.

WHILE THE DETAILS OF THE STATEMENT WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR — REPORTS FROM THE american negotiators, AFTER THE MEETING,  SEEMED OPTIMISTIC.

THEY ALSO SAY UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE U-S AND RUSSIA’S DISCUSSION.

A KREMLIN SPOKESMAN SAID TOLD REPORTERS AHEAD OF THE TALKS — THEY WOULD INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON A POTENTIAL CEASEFIRE IN THE BLACK SEA,  A PROPOSAL FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AGREED TO BY RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.

L3: 23ANDME BANKRUPTCY TRIGGERS SECURITY CONCERNS OVER PEOPLE’S GENETIC DATA

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GENETIC TESTING FIRM “23 AND ME” HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER ELEVEN BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION – RAISING THE QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DATA OF SOME 15 MILLION CUSTOMERS?

THE BANKRUPTCY FILING COMES AFTER “23 AND ME” STRUGGLED TO FIND A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL, WITH ITS CORE PRODUCT BEING AN AT-HOME D-N-A TESTING KIT OFFERING “PERSONALIZED GENETIC INSIGHTS.”

AHEAD OF THE COMPANY’S BANKRUPTCY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNED “23 AND ME” CUSTOMERS TO PURGE THEIR GENETIC DATA FROM THE COMPANY’S DATABASES OVER UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHERE IT MIGHT END UP.

HE ALSO GAVE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DELETE GENETIC DATA FROM 23 AND ME,  the way TO GET THE COMPANY TO DELETE TEST SAMPLES AND HOW TO REVOKE ACCESS FROM THEIR DATA BEING USED IN THIRD-PARTY RESEARCH STUDIES.

A  23 AND ME SPOKESPERSON TOLD N-B-C NEWS THERE WILL BE **NO* CHANGE TO HOW THE COMPANY STORES CUSTOMERS’ DATA — AND IT PLANS TO FOLLOW ALL RELEVANT american LAWS.

HOWEVER, LEGAL EXPERTS SAY GENETIC DATA,  LAWFULLY ACQUIRED AND HELD BY A TECH COMPANY, HAS ALMOST NO FEDERAL REGULATION TO BEGIN WITH.

L3: MARCH MADNESS WOMEN’S SWEET 16 LINEUP SET

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FINALLY THIS MORNING — AS MARCH MADNESS CONTINUES, THE SWEET 16 LINEUP IS NOW SET FOR THE WOMEN’S SIDE OF THE N-C-DOUBLE-A TOURNAMENT.

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THE GAMES TIP OFF ON THURSDAY WITH DUKE TAKING ON NORTH CAROLINA AFTER THE BLUE DEVILS KNOCKED OUT THE OREGON FIGHTING DUCKS

LAST NIGHT.

THEN IT’S TOP SEEDED SOUTH CAROLINA TIPPING OFF AGAINST FOURTH SEEDED MARYLAND…

<p>ALSO PLAYING FRIDAY — NORTH CAROLINA STATE AND L-S-U — PRETTY EVENLY MATCHED AS THE SECOND AND THIRD SEEDS, RESPECTIVELY.

AND TOP SEED U-C-L-A WILL TAKE ON OLE MISS.

THEN ON SATURDAY IT’S T-C-U VERSUS NOTRE DAME…

TEXAS AGAINST TENNESSEE…

U-CONN GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH OKLAHOMA…

AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AGAINST KANSAS STATE.

THE TROJANS MOVING AHEAD WITHOUT STAR PLAYER JUJU WATKINS AFTER SHE SUFFERED A SEASON-ENDING KNEE INJURY DURING THEIR VICTORY OVER MISSISSIPPI STATE ON MONDAY.

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L3: UNBIASED UPDATES: DAY, MONTH DATE, YEAR

THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES FOR THIS TUESDAY.

WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS — I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!