Perhaps it should come as no surprise that these congressional allies, who are as eager as the president to transfer terrorists to America, would want to minimize the release of information that would undermine the case for doing so.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A darker shade of transparency

U.S. agriculture and business interests are eager to jettison Jackson-Vanik so as to transfer to the taxpayer the risk of doing business with the Soviet Union while retaining the profits.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Cost of Giving Up Jackson-Vanik

And in February President Bush signed a measure into law allowing corporate defendants to transfer state suits against them to federal court, where judges are less eager to grant class action status.

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