Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drape a curtain of secrecy around a case involving electronic surveillance of an alleged mobster. Its classified eavesdropping technology is so sensitive, the U.S. government claims, that "national security" will be at risk if . . .
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drape a curtain of secrecy around a case involving electronic surveillance of an alleged mobster. Its classified eavesdropping technology is so sensitive, the U.S. government claims, that "national security" will be at risk if details are revealed to the public or defense attorneys for Nicodemo S. Scarfo, the alleged mastermind of a loan shark operation in New Jersey.

Justice Department attorneys have gone so far as to invoke the 1980 Classified Information Procedures Act, a little-used federal law usually reserved for espionage cases, in a 13-page filing (PDF) last week with U.S. District Judge Nicholas Politan.

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