STATE SECRECY VS THE PUBLICS INTEREST The requirement of secrecy by the government is not all-inclusive nor is it sometimes in the government’s best interest. However, there are overriding concerns within certain areas in which secrecy is paramount. Two examples will bear light on this. In the first example a federal judge ruled against the Federation of American Scientists in their attempt to force the publication of the amount the United States spent on …showed first 75 words of 411 total…

…showed last 75 words of 411 total…jury and any associated trials rests on the need to preserve the reputations of any innocent persons whose conduct may have been investigated by said jury and also the knowledge of this continued secrecy may persuade witnesses to disclose all of their information regarding to case at hand. Bibliography Associated Press November 22, 1999 Behind The Locked Door Of An American Grand Jury: Its History, Its Secrecy, And Its Process, Mark Kadish; 1996 Florida State University Law Review