I mentioned active things not inactive. The information they are asking for is still sensitive. Twenty year old medical records were not in the post I sent. Referencing current ones were.
Fair trade? Hardly. Information in government files can create problems. Your 20 year old medical record probably won’t. Your credit history and your personal numbers most likely will for you. Releasing files from sensitive areas will cause problems, possibly death, to many. All for a money hungry lawsuit that the info they have already will suffice.
This is the reason information is stored safely because people don’t know what can happen to it when released. And as the suit has nothing to do with the US, or the people that store the information,and since those people have nothing to gain or lose, then you give me a reason why it should be released because I just gave you some as to why it should not.
rwood
The details matter.
Twenty year old sources and methods are usually not secret.
If there is a specific source that needs to be protected, then Barr should simply state that there is a source or sources that are still living that need to be protected.
If there is a method that needs to be protected Barr need only say there is a method still in use that needs to be protected.
But—he should at _least_ attempt to give a reason, and be prepared to defend it before a judge in a secret proceeding.