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Official information that has been determined to require, in the interests of national security, protection against unauthorized disclosure and which has been so designated.
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A Chinese dissident who campaigned for the parents of children killed in last year's Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Monday to three years in jail on a state secrets charge, his wife said.
China sentences quake activist to three years: wife by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
While the state secrets privilege is necessary to protect national security, the United States will not invoke the privilege to prevent disclosure of the violation of a law or embarrassment to the government," government lawyers said in their filing.
US court to reconsider CIA torture flight case by AFP / AFP American Edition
ISLAMABAD, September 29, 2009 (Frontier Star): Higher authorities have taken a strong notice of act of various retired officials spilling the beans about certain state secrets to media programs, especially by Private TV channels.
Authorities to rein in retired officials spilling of the beans to ... by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan)
 
 
 
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