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4 MRE 505(g)() aows a court to ake a "appropate protective ode to gd againtdiscosure of cassied iforatio Here the Goveet's rqesed ode is ot not"approiae it he eaing ofMRE 505(g)() nor it is desied to guard oly"classied infmatio I is desiged t gard ifoation at is not assi bu at he

Goveet fees sold e eated as classied Moreover e restction tat heovee wo aemp o place on e Defese e far ode of e eal of the meescotemplaed nder .R 505(g)(l )(A)-()

5 At the outset the efese wold note hat its roective Order does ot cotai coutlesslega ad facal eors as saed b the Goveet See Prosecton Response to nseMotion for Appopriate Relief Under Militay Rle of Evidece 505 page 2. Simply ecaue oeent does not like the Defeses Potecve Order does ot en at te rotectiveOrder contais coutless legal a faca errors (See discssion nfraa C)

6. Te efese's Potective Orde wa adapted om he Protective Orde n United Ses v., 2009 CCA LEXI 79 (NMCCA Feb 19, 2009) ' 9M.J. 12 (CAA.F. 2010).

ndeed e Ptectve Order endors y e ilitay jdge in ad ben daed andrposed y the Govent in at case (not e efense) See Atachent B theoectve Order e Dfense smits sold gov this casene whc atly contacoutless factual an egal eorsws v smla to Pteciv Ode advanced y teovet and adopted by e ilitay udge z Notbly e cour ou a Protecive Order the nae of wht e Defese is curently smtting was appropate todl wi lsd nfoon a w no ledy avlble publ elm. Addtolly

ez cse a bee reviewed y o te Navyane Cot of Cimnal Appeals nd Cort of Appels fo te Amd Forces; neither of hese rs express any conce wi heProecve Order in ta cae

7. To e extet that thee e diences btween e otective Orde ad the curnefnse Potective Oder, is wa simply desid to dea wi e isse of nadvetet iage.Fro a review of the Goveets moton, i appeas ha it oo also had accs to eProtective Order If te oveet did ave access o the Diaz Poecive Oder, ths mes itsaack regadig te Defeses "contless es pariclal disingenuous

(1) Protcv ordr. Ie goven agres dicloe clsid inoaion to e accued, e miy jdgat he requet o he govnt sha entr an appropt prote order to gud agat e comproi of hnfoaion diclosd to he accusd Th t o any such protcv ordr may incue proions:

(A) Prohbig dicour o inormaton xcpt a auorz by h itry udg;B) Rquiing storage o teia in a maner approprae or ev o casscaon asged to omnt o b dcosed(C) Rquiing conod acces to h atia dng noma bn ho and at o ms uponranab noiD) Rqiring appropriate ciy ceances or prons havng a ned to exane th noation incoection wth t prepraion o h defne(E) Rqirg t mainenanc o og rgadng acce by a persons auozd by h m udg to

hav accss to th cased inoaon n conecon i prartion o the dee;F Rgulag h mng and handng o not tkn om meria connng csid inoaon; orG) Requsng h convning authory to auhorz e ssignent o govent ecuiy prsone andh prviion of goeent sorage ace

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story n s cse nsead, e Dese submts that the ruests be processed troughhe Cour Secuty Ocer

Te Goveents esctions t paaap 31(6) do not acont for the Defense

speakng wth any of the OCAs et y deposton or y oter preal nterew.Addtonaly ts provson does not addres stuatons where the Defense s teewngunt wtesses such oter ntellgce lysts from PF Mnnng's unt Thesewtnesses have kowledge of classed d oer foaton tat s the subj of hscae Unde te Goveents rotcve Order he Defense would have to engage advsaal ltgaton n order to have ual access o key wtesses

Te Govements esctons on te accuseds access to classed noaton praah 3m o rotectve rder e both ucer nd ureaonabe The seconndcaes tat "[]f ecomes necessa for te accused to revew or dscuss csedmate or ohese meet wt deense ouse en the al counse shal coordnatets meetng e defense cose shal ot the a cose wtg no less th

ten clend days avce It s ucea weter te Govements poson s tat foranymeeng or ohese meetwt deense counsel) e Defense counsel must pre-appoe s ruest wt the Gove 10days advce 11 The efense ssestat ths cot be what the Govent ntended as t does not need e Govementsersson to vst e accused As such t mus men that f classed foraton s toe dscussed the Goveent needs0days o ne te meetng Ts s nureaoaerequrement The Defense nderstands that here may e some logstcalonces wt te conement facty but e Govet does not need a week d alf to coordnate te accuseds movement

C. Addesing the Government' Concen with the Defene Potete Ode and

Aoated Moton

37 he Govement goes to geat engs o expa y te eenses Potecve Order"contns countless legal an facal eors/ cleca eors ad hy te Orde volates est o 505(g)(l)." Seerosecuton Response to Defe Moton or Approprate Rele

nder Mltary Rule o Evdence505, page2. There are no such eors n rety teGovement spl does not lke e Defenses order ecause t takes te power away rom heGoveent d places t n e hnds of a trd py n

38 Te Govement says tat a ao conce s tat te Defense s gvng too uc to theout ect Oce to do equng te O to absorb all o tese tasks may causeture delays addton to necessrly buden n eper upon wom he prtes d te Cour

el heavl Seerosecuton Response to Dese Moton for Approprate RelefnderMltay Rue of Evdence505, page2. The oveent makes much ado about notng All

1 Itis not cea wheter te Goveet believes at e Defese mut discose e cotet o te cassiedinfoao as a precotio to e eeg Ts issue as arise in te past ad e eese suied aMeod o 18 Seb 2010 detang its poso Achet C To te extet ate pposeprovisio ca b rad as rqurg dscosre o te cot o e cassied ioatio, e eee itis thatUnitd Stats v. Schmidt, 60 MJ (CF) recudes te Goveet o requirig suc dicosre.

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