61.   The Counter-Terrorism Act, drafted by the Clinton administration, imported into our law the loathsome practice of trials on secret evidence.

62.   The federal government has defended the use of secret evidence in these cases, which usually involve allegations of association with terrorists, but not actual charges of terrorism.

63.   The danger of letting the government use secret evidence has now been dramatically illustrated in one of the immigration cases, that of Hany Kiaraldeen.

64.   The government has also asserted the right to rely on secret evidence in immigration cases.

65.   The immigration service tried to deny the men political asylum and to deport them in April, citing secret evidence obtained by the FBI.

66.   The INS could now, in closed hearings, show McHugh secret evidence.

67.   The government has used secret evidence in cases involving foreign citizens, but has not made use of the special removal court.

68.   The INS is appealing this ruling, but in June it declassified much of the secret evidence that it sought to use to bar Hamad.

69.   The INS should not be allowed to use secret evidence based on uncorroborated and unchallenged statements to the FBI.

70.   The secret evidence against him was a sham.