[Shermy]

"And if the government is lying in their secret classified reports they're only risking bringing even further trouble on themselves down the line."

I disagree. The judge only gets to quickly read the reports. The "lying" is almost risk-less.

Though I suspect there's no lying, just ominous innuendo colored with stories of investigative derring-do.

[jpl]

Though I suspect there's no lying, just ominous innuendo colored with stories of investigative derring-do.

You may be right and I'm by no means a legal expert. I would imagine though that if the government is secretly giving the judge the outright impression that Hatfill is the #1 suspect in the crime and in reality they no longer really believe this, that this would have to be considered Obstruction of Justice (or something along those lines).