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by dehrmann 504 days ago
Secret witnesses aren't allowed to testify in the US. Not that these were court trials.
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Except for FISA.

And don’t forget that cases ‘pertaining to national security’ get thrown out all the time. [https://www.fjc.gov/content/overview-7]

Either because key evidence is classified, or witnesses are, or testimony would be considered a threat to national security, etc.