Jerome Cohen Legitimate Quotations

It wasn't a question of legitimate state secrets. They don't want embarrassing coverage. So it's very convenient for the courts to say 'state secret', therefore opaqueness, and no reporters.

This seems to be a case of local officials who have blatantly abused their legal powers, and have no legitimate defense against the case he brought against them, resorting to extralegal methods to cut off his ability to pursue justice, ... It's very, very sad, and another example of how rough the legal situation is in rural areas.