[notatoad]

That's the problem: the secret courts don't give you a trial. they take away your rights without ever giving you a chance to defend yourself.

[rayiner]

The secret court has no power to make judgments that affect individual rights and liabilities. The only one I am aware of, the FISA court, has only one power and that is granting or denying foreign surveillance warrants, a process that didn't require any sort of judicial involvement prior to FISA.