It's nice to see that it's not just now that the government is lying to cover itself.

] Brown felt shocked by the role of the government
] attorneys back then, particularly the solicitor general.
] Brown couldn't believe that this man would stand
] flat-footed before the Supreme Court and say the
] documents contained national security secrets. The
] solicitor general had only his integrity. How could he
] relinquish that?

] "Maybe the law isn't about right or wrong. The concept
] that the government lied to the Supreme Court seemed to
] me a terrible thing to do. It appears that the justices
] were not as appalled as I was."

[ Quite an interesting story, though it's a bit wordy and somewhat less sophisticated than I'd expect, given the amount of research that obviously went into it's creation. I suggest reading quickly and turning off your grammar checking... the story itself is very much worthwhile. -k]

Wow...