It would grant the government's claim on the determination by defining 'state secret' as any information that, if publicly disclosed, would be reasonably likely to cause significant harm to the national defense or foreign relations of the United States.
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I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.
I believe that if the Court were televised, there would be an understanding and an accountability.
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