NYT: White House Tries to Prevent Judge From Ruling on Surveillance Efforts

NYT: White House Tries to Prevent Judge From Ruling on Surveillance Efforts by Charlie Savage and David E. Sanger:

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration moved late Friday to prevent a federal judge in California from ruling on the constitutionality of warrantless surveillance programs authorized during the Bush administration, telling a court that recent disclosures about National Security Agency spying were not enough to undermine its claim that litigating the case would jeopardize state secrets.