Under federal law, the agencies have 10 working days to respond. Now that the newspapers have asked to see the whole document they are only hurting themselves by delaying disclosure. Idaho Governor Phil Batt was reported by McEnaney as getting many calls from upset SRA members. Gov. Batt is responding that the Idaho Guard is doing their job, a good job. But the report has already brought strong editorial criticism from one Idaho daily newspaper.
Federal laws ban domestic intelligence by the military.
But the ING denies that it has engaged in domestic intelligence. He explained that the report is to identify potential problems the Guard might encounter from groups or individuals and then devise ways to avoid problems. Leaking it violates the security regulation that covers the document. The Snake River Alliance counters that the law is on their side. John Henry Hingson III, a constitutional scholar and past president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, was contacted by Statesman writer Ken Miller for the Sunday edition.