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IANAL, but there's a been a trend in American jurisprudence to raise the standing barriers for effective litigation. Scott Lemiuex, a political scientist has written a bit on this point [1]; see also this balkinization post [2]. In general, the courts show extreme deference to the executive on matters of secrecy and national defense, so I'd expect they'd be disinclined to give anyone standing.

[1] http://prospect.org/article/slow-motion-destruction-establis...

[2] http://balkin.blogspot.com/2007/04/standing-and-executive-po...



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