GOVERNMENT SECRECY We condemn the government's use of secret classifications to keep from the public information that it should have. We favor substituting a system in which no individual may be convicted for violating government secrecy classifications unless the government discharges its burden of proving that the publication: a. violated the right of privacy of those who have been coerced into revealing confidential or proprietary information to government agents, or b. disclosed defensive military plans so as to materially impair the capabilities to respond to attack. It should always be a defense to such prosecution that information divulged shows that the government has violated the law.

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