9 Aug
2001
9 Aug
'01
2:28 p.m.
At 10:18 AM 8/9/01 -0700, David Honig wrote:
The difference is that now the feds have to trust a judge with no security clearance/experience not to accidentally spill the beans.
Huh? Judges accept things under seal all the time. Wiretap orders, for instance. The complaint in the Sklyarov case, for another. The judiciary has even has fairly in-depth internal security procedures (I quoted from some in recent Wired articles on Scarfo) triggered when certain classified document cases come up. -Declan