Claim of privilege: a mysterious plane crash, a landmark Supreme Court case, and the rise of state secrets / Barry Siegel.
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TextPublication details: New York : Harper, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 384 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0060777028 (trade)
- 9780060777029 (trade)
- Reynolds, Patricia J. -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Reynolds, Patricia J
- Airplanes, Military -- Accidents -- Investigation -- United States
- Executive privilege (Government information) -- United States
- National security -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Official secrets -- United States
- Accidents
- Aircraft accidents -- Investigation
- Military airplanes -- United States
- National security -- United States -- Law and legislation
- Trials -- United States
- United States -- Trials, litigation, etc
- 342.73/06 22
- KF228.R485 S54 2008
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| Books | Main Library General Circulation | 342.73'06 Si571 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3BPSU00014904T |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-363) and index.
Pt. 1. CHALLENGES (June 1946 - June 1949): Banshee days -- B-29 bombers -- Delays and progress -- Final exam -- The flight -- Aftermath -- Response -- Folsom's letter -- Special investigation -- Pt. II. COURTROOMS (Dec 1948 - Dec 1953): Thoughts of redress -- Charles Biddle -- The complaint -- Judge Kirkpatrick -- A claim of privilege -- The hearing -- Full value -- Judge Maris -- The Vinson Court -- A nice opinion -- Pt. III. CONSEQUENCES (July 1953 - Oct 2002): Judy -- The progeny of "Reynolds" -- What to search for -- How to get started -- Waycross -- Pt. IV. REVELATIONS (July 2002 - Sep 2007): On the side of right -- Routes of relief -- A creative try -- Other types of comfort -- The Albert Maris courtroom -- The finality of judgment -- Just one more mission.
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Examines the events that surround the plane crash that occurred on October 6, 1948, in which three civil engineers were killed while testing a missile guidance system on a B-29 bomber, and details the scandal of the 1953 Supreme Court decision.
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