The Navy says it will invoke state secrets privilege in an environmental lawsuit about how its long-range sonar is damaging whales’ communication, hearing, and perhaps even lives.
If upheld, this would remove certain data that the Natural Resources Defense Council wants from ever being presented in court and would, in essence, gut the lawsuit.
Outside military experts at places like Jane’s Defence Review can probably figure out enough about the long-distance sonar that it’s not really a secret. This is just obstructionism.
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