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From: barry levine
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Subject: re: Justice Dept. to Limit Use of State Secrets Privilege
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
From: barry levine
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Subject: re: Justice Dept. to Limit Use of State Secrets Privilege
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
It is half a century over-due that we reassess the matter of State Secrets. While there are matters--like troop movements in times of war--that are legitimate secrets, the doctrine has more often been used to cover government embarrassment and malfeasance. The proposed changes are an insufficient gesture in the right direction. Invocations of State Secrets should have to pass the scrutiny of a judge outside the department of Justice, and that judge must have the power to get all relevant documents, and to deny the claim of State Secrets when that is warranted.
Barry Levine
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