"In this day and age, no one should be allowed to possess nuclear-weapons-usable material without providing an armed defense of that material, " said Edwin Lyman, a nuclear physicist with the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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He ruled that the defense could use highly sensitive material in court, forcing the government to accept a compromise of secret information.

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Union Carbide is currently the only domestic supplier of the ultra-high purity semiconductor material increasingly required for defense applications.

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The defense claims that the inconsistencies are not about material facts and are the result of the passage of 26 years.

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In her closing, defense lawyer Roberts scoffed at the accusation that Bakaly revealed secret matters, describing the material he disclosed as "garden variety" information discussed in every newspaper and talk show during the Lewinsky investigation.

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