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1. Courts have held that the extraordinary disclosure burdens mandated by the Classified Information Procedures Act violate the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights of defendants.
 True.
 False.

2. Outsider and insider defendants are entitled to unfettered access to classified information to use in their defense because they "should not stand in a worse position, because of the fact that classified information is involved, than they would without [CIPA]."
 True.
 False.

3. CIPA was enacted to strike a balance between the government's need to protect classified information and the defendant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment right to present a defense and to solve the problem of graymail.
 True.
 False.

4. Graymail is a lesser included offense of blackmail.
 True.
 False.

5. The court determines whether the benefits to the government of prosecuting a case outweigh the potential harm to national security from the disclosure of classified information at trial.
 True.
 False.

6. The court may resolve classified information issues through secret pretrial proceedings under CIPA Section 6 and, if necessary, during trial if the defendant has provided written notice under CIPA Section 5(a) that he or she reasonably expects to disclose classified information at trial.
 True.
 False.

7. A defendant has a right to an interlocutory appeal after an adverse ruling on the use, relevance, and admissibility of classified information.
 True.
 False.

8. A CIPA protective order requires defense counsel and other members of the defense team to obtain security clearances before receiving access to classified information.
 True.
 False.

9. CIPA applies to all state and federal criminal and civil matters involving classified information or state secrets.
 True.
 False.

10. The state secrets privilege is absolute and permits the government to deny access to information that, if disclosed, would harm national security.
 True.
 False.

11. The state secrets privilege may be invoked in criminal cases if the information at issue goes to the core of the claim or a potential defense.
 True.
 False.

12. CIPA Section 4, which governs classified discovery, allows the government to argue ex parte that it be allowed to delete classified information from discovery it provides or to furnish substitutions for the classified information in the form of summaries or admissions.
 True.
 False.

13. A defendant seeking to rebut the government's CIPA Section 4 request to limit discovery will not be permitted to make an ex parte presentation explaining the relevance of classified information to a potential defense.
 True.
 False.

14. CIPA does not impose any heightened burden that the defendant must satisfy to obtain classified discovery.
 True.
 False.

15. The government may make only one request for substitutions for classified information during the CIPA litigation process.
 True
 False.

16. Under CIPA Section 6(c)(1) the court will grant the government's motion for substitution if it finds that the statement or summary would "provide the defendant with substantially the same ability to make his defense as would disclosure" of the classified information.
 True.
 False.

17. If the court denies the government's motion for substitution and the government refuses to disclose the classified information at issue, the court must dismiss the indictment unless "the court determines that the interests of justice would not be served by dismissal."
 True.
 False.

18. The detailed procedures outlined in CIPA provide federal criminal defendants with numerous advantages, including the ability to work in the comfort of a SCIF.
 True.
 False.

19. If a defendant "reasonably expects to disclose or to cause the disclosure of at trial" certain classified information but does not list that information on the CIPA Section 5 notice, the court may exclude the information at trial.
 True.
 False.

20. The Department of Justice under the current administration does not favor the broad invocation of the state secrets privilege in civil cases.
 True.
 False.

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* The Los Angeles County Bar Association has been approved as a continuing legal education provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California. This self-assessment activity will qualify for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of one hour.