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 intelligence activities in 1999. The judge wrote, "The court must defer to... (George) Tenet's decision that release of a third consecutive year, amidst the information already publicly

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