case. The opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, stated that Section 1806(f) of FISA does not override the state secrets privilege, as was ruled by the Ninth Circuit. Impact In a 2013 book on transparency in legal contexts, Bianchi noted that although public opinion supports government transparency (even when it involves security-sensitive governmental law enforcement), there are "dark sides of transparency". In an opinion piece in 2014 for Al Jazeera, assistant professor of history Abdullah Al-Arian at Georgetown University criticized the use of informants in Fazaga. References External links 2022 in United States case law United States District Court for the Central District of California cases Class action lawsuits Legal issues related to the September 11 attacks United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court United States statutory interpretation case law United States state secrets privilege case law