http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/ Harangues that just make sense Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:35:34 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/comment-page-1/#comment-299635 joe Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:09:43 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/#comment-299635 I'm with phil and Joel. I’m with phil and Joel.

]]> http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/comment-page-1/#comment-299626 Joel Rosenberg Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:38:14 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/#comment-299626 What Phil said about the kudos. What Phil said about the kudos.

]]> http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/comment-page-1/#comment-299566 Phil Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:50:53 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/#comment-299566 Kudos for pointing this out and being one of the good guys. Kudos for pointing this out and being one of the good guys.

]]> http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/comment-page-1/#comment-299529 cboldt Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:51:59 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/11/13/government-sought-sealing-of-material-in-higazy-case/#comment-299529 I started digging in to the history of the case on the 11th, being "tweaked" at the suggestion to review case filings on PACER. . The preliminary findings, in a more or less "stream of research" form, appear at Robert Loblaw's entry, "<a href="http://blogs.enotes.com/decision-blog/2007-11/some-thoughts-on-higazy/" rel="nofollow">Some Thoughts on Higazy</a>." . The record is loaded with instances of the government seeking secrecy, with various justifications such as "grand jury," "protect the accused FBI agent," etc. The government did not want to publicize the results of its investigation into how the false confession was derived and promulgated. . On the other hand, I have yet to find a single shred of evidence that Higazy wanted any aspect of his accusation or thought process to be kept out of the public eye, and there is evidence that as of July 2002, he urgently wanted everything to be done in the open. I started digging in to the history of the case on the 11th, being “tweaked” at the suggestion to review case filings on PACER.
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The preliminary findings, in a more or less “stream of research” form, appear at Robert Loblaw’s entry, “Some Thoughts on Higazy.”
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The record is loaded with instances of the government seeking secrecy, with various justifications such as “grand jury,” “protect the accused FBI agent,” etc. The government did not want to publicize the results of its investigation into how the false confession was derived and promulgated.
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On the other hand, I have yet to find a single shred of evidence that Higazy wanted any aspect of his accusation or thought process to be kept out of the public eye, and there is evidence that as of July 2002, he urgently wanted everything to be done in the open.

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