In the Name of National Security: Unchecked Presidential Power and the Reynolds Case
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When a B-29 bomber exploded over Georgia in 1948, the victims' families were denied access to crucial information relating to the accident because the federal government claimed such access would endanger national security. When the Supreme Court upheld that claim in United States v. Reynolds (1953), a new precedent was established, allowing the executive branch to assert an all-encompassing "state secret privilege" as a basis for withholding...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0700614648
ISBN13:9780700614646
Release Date:September 2006
Publisher:University Press of Kansas
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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