Star chamber

Ceiling of the Star Chamber, Palace of Westminster. The decoration is said to be the reason for the room's name.

Human rights attorney Jesselyn Radack is a hero, but she is an attorney, and she's using some loaded attorney language here:

US notifies defendant it'll use secret evidence. This is like the Star Chamber. Hope #SCOTUS rules unconstitutional. http://t.co/zrzPItjeJH
— Jesselyn Radack (@JesselynRadack) October 26, 2013

What exactly do you mean by "this", Counsel? I would say it is more precisely like the end of the Star Chamber. Because when Charles I was using the Court of Star Chamber in the 1630s to punish Puritan subversives he was definitely using techniques familiar to victims of [jump]