Protecting Classified Information and the Rights of Criminal Defendants: The Classified Information Procedures Act

Liu, Edward C. ; Garvey, Todd

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal justice;    Crime and criminals;    Trials;    Law;    Criminal procedure;   

RP-ID  :  R41742
RP-ID  :  R41742_2012Apr02

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A criminal prosecution involving classified information may cause tension between the government's interest in protecting classified information and the criminal defendant's right to a constitutionally valid trial. In some cases, a defendant may threaten to disclose classified information in an effort to gain leverage. Concerns about this practice, referred to as "graymail," led the 96th Congress to enact the Classified Information Procedures Act to provide uniform procedures for prosecutions involving classified information.