Protecting Classified Information (CI) and the Rights of Criminal Defendants

Download or read book Protecting Classified Information (CI) and the Rights of Criminal Defendants written by Edward C. Liu and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A criminal prosecution involving CI may cause tension between the government¿s interest in protecting CI and the criminal defendant¿s right to a constitutionally valid trial. In some cases, a defendant may threaten to disclose CI in an effort to gain leverage. Concerns about this practice, referred to as ¿graymail,¿ led Congress to enact the Classified Info. Procedures Act (CIPA) to provide uniform procedures for prosecutions involving CI. Contents of this report: Background; The CIPA: Pretrial Conferences, Required Notice, and Appeals; Protective Orders and Security Clearances; Discovery: Brady and Jencks Material; Depositions; Admissibility of CI: Substitutions; Confrontation Clause and the Silent Witness Rule. A print on demand report.