Once again, the government is arguing that the courts cannot consider whether the government is breaking the law and violating the Constitution, relying on the state secrets doctrine.
Translation: The law is irrelevant. We should be able to do whatever we want without respect to the rule of law or any other consideration.
The government asserts that, even if no further information is revealed in the litigation, a decision itself is too dangerous.
Translation: Not letting us do whatever we want is dangerous, because we have guns and will use them if you insist on silly things like the rule of law.
Just how insane does this all get?