Here is the Government’s brief in support of its summary judgment motion in response to requests by the NYT and ACLU  for records on targeted killings, especially with regard to U.S. citizens.  This is the brief for which the USG has sought and received several deadline extensions -- extensions necessitated by extensive internal deliberations that led some to think the USG might be changing its policy on disclosure in this context.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed its opening brief in its appeal of the District Court of the District of Columbia's granting of a motion for summary judgment for the Central Intelligence Agency. The case stems from a FOIA request filed by the ACLU on January 13, 2010 requesting government records related to the use of drones in targeted killings.

The UK for some time has been wrestling with the problem of civil litigation that implicates states secrets.  Foreign Minister William Hague addressed the issue eloquently in this speech, which in relevant part takes up the possibility of using special advocates and other closed-door proceedings to overcome the problem.  Here is the key passage:

That's what somebody in the government is saying today, on reading this Washington Post story about a contract dispute between two aviation companies involved in CIA renditions--a dispute that seems to involve airing a lot of material in public. Money quote: