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State Secrets Defense Shields Administration From Accountability | 10 comments (10 topical)
Re: State Secrets Defense Shields Administration F (none / 0) (#1)
by cpinva on Sun Jun 04, 2006 at 09:43:07 PM EST
perhaps i'm being naive' here, but it would seem prudent jurisprudence to, at minimum, require a bit more from the govt asserting this claim, than merely their word that it's so. is there commonly some requirement that the agency in question produce redacted docs, to support their overall claim of "national security issues"? while you obviously don't want state secrets being bounced around the ether like angelina jolie rumors, you also don't want to give the govt carte blanche to use this as a means of subverting every suit brought against it. given this administration's penchant for classifying pretty much everything "top secret", including data previously declassified and already in the public domain, not requiring at least minimal proof of the claim is a dangerous precedent to set.

State Secrets Defense Shields Administration From Accountability | 10 comments (10 topical)

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