Enlarge / National Security Advisor Susan Rice, seen here in March 2016, was one of the former Obama Administration officials who have opposed the Trump executive order. (credit: Getty Images News)
Three former Secretaries of State, along with ex-CIA officials and Obama Administration intelligence officials, have penned a court filing in an ongoing case that is challenging the recent Trump Administration travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations.
In the six-page Monday filing, they write that the executive order has “no national security purpose” and that it is “of unprecedented scope.”
Late Sunday night, nearly 100 tech companies also filed an amicus, or friend of the court, brief in support of the lawsuit brought by the State of Washington and the State of Minnesota, the two plaintiffs.
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Source: Ars Technica – Ex-CIA officials say Trump’s travel ban has “no national security purpose”