The trial of Thomas Kontogiannis, the money man/money launderer of the Duke Cunningham scandal, appears under some sort of government blackout.

The government is saying that the details of the case, which are normally public record, are government secrets, because the government says so.

So very little of the plea has been revealed.

Given the history of the state secrets privilege, it was created in the 1950s, and the US government lied to the court in the case establishing the precedent, United States v. Reynolds, I’m inclined to think that this is more Bush DoJ shenanigans.

They are probably covering up for other corrupt Republicans, Rep. Lewis comes to mind.