Questions tagged [national-security]
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What does the "(U)" prefixed to each paragraph denote in reports by the US Senate Select Committees?
To illustrate, here's a screenshot from page 52 of the "Postwar findings about Iraq’s WMD programs and links to terrorism and how they compare with prewar assessment", with the text transcribed here:
(U) Conclusion 1: Postwar findings do not…
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What is the legal case for someone getting arrested publicizing information about nuclear weapons deduced from public knowledge
I have a vague memory of a court case involving a man being prosecuted for publicizing information about nuclear weapons. He obtained that information by logic deduction and probably calculations from all the public knowledge (newspapers, tv, etc).…
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Do US gag orders block seeking of legal counsel?
Do gag orders issued in the United States of America prevent you from seeking legal counsel and discussing the case?
I expect that anyone who has received a gag order may not understand the legalize of the order and what they can and cannot do.…
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