'State Secrets' ... the downside

Cohen · Apr 19, 2004

It's a long story, but interesting. Maybe telling, or not...shows how the Supreme Court case that established 'State Secrets' was based on falsehoods presented to the Court..

Justice in the end? Read on...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...imes/adaughterdiscoverswhatreallyhappened&e=4

(I won't burden the server with the entire article)

A Daughter Discovers What Really Happened
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By Barry Siegel Times Staff Writer

There were days, growing up in her family's New Jersey home, when the attic beckoned to Judy Palya Loether.

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That's where her mother had stored every mention of Judy's late father. Elizabeth Palya had no time for grieving or falling apart after her husband died in 1948. She remarried three years later, and after that didn't even leave photos around the house. She didn't talk much about Judy's father, either. Once on Veterans Day, Judy asked whether her dad was a veteran.

"In a way," her mom said.

Judy knew only that Al Palya had died in the crash of an Air Force B-29 in Waycross, Ga. She knew there'd been a lawsuit and thought they'd won. She carried deep pride about her father, a vision of a fabulous person. Whenever people did talk about him, they went on about his genius, his enthusiasm, how he was a great musician, a carpenter, a photographer.

Judy's family still lived in Haddon Heights. Her stepfather, William Sacker, was a butcher. Her mom taught home economics and carried herself with a brave grace that drew admiration from all who knew her. They had a Dutch Colonial house on a quiet street with a big backyard. Upstairs in the detached garage, Judy's brothers, six and ten years older, made booby-trapped forts while she practiced birdcalls — oy-oh-oit — with the boy next door. In those days, Judy didn't know what she was missing, not having her father. There was always a daddy in the house, after all. She wasn't aware of loss.

Yet one of Judy's childhood friends sensed something. Susan White felt there was an "elephant in the closet" at Judy's house. She believed that the elephant was Judy's father. One afternoon, she and Judy visited the attic. Only with great reluctance did Judy point out her father's things.

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GladiatoRowdy · Apr 19, 2004

Wow. It is stunning how callous government officials can be even when a mistake is over half a century old.

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