Secrecy
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Congress pushes for limits on state secrets privilege
Congressional Democrats have reintroduced legislation to curb the government's use of the state secrets privilege, Congressional Quarterly reports. The controversial… -
California dentist abandons request for secret trial
The lawyer for a California dentist on trial for allegedly fondling more than a dozen patients conceded this week that… -
Open government advocates ask for transparent bailout
As Congress puts $8.5 trillion in taxpayer dollars toward rescuing institutions that have lost their financial footing, more than 70… -
Coast Guard pledges to post court martial dockets online
The officer overseeing legal affairs for the United States Coast Guard has agreed to post all Coast Guard court martial… -
Court orders release of anthrax search documents
A federal court yesterday ordered the release of search records related to the 2001 “Amerithrax” investigations, recognizing for the first… -
Newspapers seek unsealing of anthrax search records
A federal court today will consider two newspapers’ request to release documents related to the 2001 “Amerithrax” investigations. -
Supreme Court refuses review in secret employment discrimination suit
The Supreme Court today declined to accept review of an appellate court ruling that has allowed all records in a… -
Judge: prosecutors mischaracterized record in secret briefs
A federal judge presiding over the prosecution of Thomas Kontogiannis, a friend of former Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham, released a… -
Prosecutor won’t open search warrant files
An Illinois state prosecutor is refusing to allow public access to search warrants and related documents, despite an opinion from… -
Navy finds creative ways to hide information
The Navy is now instructing its personnel who classify records to consider ways they might group ordinarily unclassified records together…