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> I think the idea was to wait for people mentioned in those documents to die, so as to not affect their privacy

I also remember that story, but it's no justification for keeping something with this much public interest secret.



So you would like people to feel comfortable telling the whole truth, unless it’s something really important?


Secret witnesses aren't allowed to testify in the US. Not that these were court trials.


Except for FISA.

And don’t forget that cases ‘pertaining to national security’ get thrown out all the time. [https://www.fjc.gov/content/overview-7]

Either because key evidence is classified, or witnesses are, or testimony would be considered a threat to national security, etc.


Is public interest the only thing we need to drum up if we want to strip away somebody's right to privacy?


They can still redact parts of the documents, including names or other identifying information.




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