An enduring tension
Subtitle: balancing national security and our access to information
By: Emily Berman, editor
Publisher: International Debate Education Association
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781617700941; 9781617700880
Subjects: Freedom of information; Government information; National security; Transparency in government
Description: "Perhaps nothing has become more evident in the months and years since 9/11 than the tension that exists between the public's access to information and concerns about protecting national security. This tension raises fundamental questions about how and to what extent national security secrecy is consistent with Amerian notions of democracy; how institutions governing determinations about secrecy and disclosure should be designed; and what the proper role of Congress, the courts, the public, and the media is in relation to government assertions of secrecy. The articles in this anthology will provide the reader a window into the current shape of the eternal push-and-pull between secrecy and access to information in a democracy." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: PART 1:; title: THE TENSION BETWEEN SECRECY AND DEMOCRACY.; title: Democratic secrecy  -- Dennis F. Thompson; title: Intelligence secrecy and security in a free society  -- William E. Colby; title: Statements of Senator Russell Feingold, Steven Aftergood, and Heidi Kitrosser ; -- PART 2:; title: STRIKING THE PROPER BALANCE BETWEEN SECRECY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION.; title: Overclassification: its causes and consequences  -- Elizabeth Goitein; title: The corrupting influence of secrecy on national policy decisions  -- J. William Leonard; title: Scientific openness and national security after 9-11  -- Elisa D. Harris and -- John D. Steinbruner ; -- PART 3:; title: LEGISLATIVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION.; title: Congressional access to national security information  -- Louis Fisher; title: Statement of Randolph Moss ; -- PART 4:; title: THE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE.; title: Reforming the state secrets privilege  -- The Constitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee & Coalition to Defend Checks and Balances; title: Views of the Department of Justice on S. 2533, the "State Secrets Protection Act"  -- Michael Mukasey; title: The Brennan Center for Justice on S.2533, the "State Secrets Protection Act"  -- Aziz Huq and -- Emily Berman; title: Excerpts of judicial opinions regarding state secrets  -- Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. , -- Fazaga v. FBI, -- Sterling v. Tenet ; -- PART 5:; title: UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE: LEAKERS, WHISTLE-BLOWERS, AND SPIES.; title: Has the New York Times violated the Espionage Act?  -- Gabriel Schoenfeld; title: The publication of national security information in the Digital Age  -- Mary-Rose Papandrea; title: The secret sharer -- Jane Mayer.