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 The integrity of military law and constitutional law is also at stake, Ratner added.
     "We do not understand how a court-martial proceeding can be deemed to comply with the [Uniform Code of Military Justice] or the Constitution unless its proceedings are accessible in a timely fashion," he wrote. "The public and our clients must be given access to the legal filings when filed and prior to arguments before the court."
     Ratner also criticized Judge Lind's decision at pretrial hearings last week to argue classification matters in her chambers, rather than in court.
     "In addition, substantive legal matters were argued and decided in secret," Ratner said in a statement. "It's shocking that secrecy should be the order of the day in one of the most important cases of the last half-century."