He said he acted because a court case was expected to force the release of the documents anyway and because much of the secret information had already been leaked to the news media.
VOA: standard.2009.04.20
Documents and testimony produced in a case against two USAirways mechanics for allegedly falsifying maintenance documents involving inspections of Airbus A-319 aircraft (the case was dismissed on appeal on timeliness grounds) indicate that FAA regulators may have crossed ethical lines in sharing enforcement information with USAirways in the course of a related, major investigation of its maintenance practices.