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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Siegel, Barry, 1949-     Subjects     Reynolds, Patricia J. -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Official secrets -- United States.     National security -- Law and legislation -- United States.     Executive privilege (Government information) -- United States.     Airplanes, Military -- Accidents -- Investigation -- United States.     United States -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Siegel, Barry, 1949-       by title:      Claim of privilege :...         MARC Display

Claim of privilege : a mysterious plane crash, a landmark Supreme Court case, and the rise of state secrets / Barry Siegel. by Siegel, Barry, 1949- New York, NY : Harper, c2008. Subjects Reynolds, Patricia J. -- Trials, litigation, etc.   Official secrets -- United States.   National security -- Law and legislation -- United States.   Executive privilege (Government information) -- United States.   Airplanes, Military -- Accidents -- Investigation -- United States.   United States -- Trials, litigation, etc. ISBN:  9780060777029 0060777028 Description:  xi, 384 p. ; 24 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Requests:  0 Summary:  In 1948, three civilian engineers were killed in an Air Force plane crash while testing secret navigational equipment. The widows filed suit, but the Air Force, at the dawn of the Cold War, refused to hand over accident reports and witness statements, claiming the documents contained classified information that would threaten national security. In 1953 the Supreme Court sided with the Air Force in United States v. Reynolds, formally recognizing the "state secrets" privilege, a legal precedent since used to conceal conduct, withhold documents, block troublesome litigation, and, most recently, detain terror suspects without due process. A half century later, the government revealed the "top-secret" information--there were no national security secrets, but rather a shocking chronicle of negligence. This book tells the story of this shameful incident, and the dangerous consequences of this historic cover-up: the violation of civil liberties and the abuse of constitutional protections.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 342.06 Si Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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