Graymail

Attachments

1980 Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) ("Graymail Law")
2003 In 2003, she became publicly known for leaking top-secret information to the press concerning alleged illegal activities by the United States in their push for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Graymail is the threatened revelation of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.
Graymail specialists
John D. Cline
John D. Cline was a defense attorney for Oliver North and successfully used graymail to dismiss the most serious charges against North in the Iran-Contra affair.
Katharine Gun
Terrance Brown
Terrance Brown, an accused robber of bank delivery vehicles in Florida, attempted to subpoena NSA records of his cellphone location to provide an alibi after it emerged...
The graymailing defendant essentially presented the government with a "dilemma": either allowed disclosure of the classified information or dismiss the indictment.
The primary purpose of CIPA was to limit the practice of graymail by criminal defendants in possession of sensitive government secrets. "Graymail" refers to the threat by a criminal defendant to disclose classified information during the course of a trial.