[mindfulgeek]

Why can’t there be an independent party with top secret clearance do a code inspection and see if the hypothetical theory holds water? It seems like there should be a way to testify about it without compromising secrets.

[jethro_tell]

The problem is that those get stacked with defense hawks not civil liberty activists and you're back to square one.

[a1369209993]

Pick twelve people uniformly at random from the US population and require them to be read in to all relevant clearances. This is a solved problem and has been since at least the 1700s.