The following excerpt is from Ibrahim v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 912 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2019):
via an invocation of state secrets, the case may still need to be dismissed because "it will become apparent during the [ United States v. Reynolds , 345 U.S. 1, 73 S.Ct. 528, 97 L.Ed. 727 (1953)12 ] analysis that the case cannot proceed without privileged evidence, or that litigating the case to a judgment on the merits would present an unacceptable risk of disclosing state secrets").
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