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Show DAILY HERALD al Secret Continued from Al new documentsclassified as recently as 2001. Last year, the number of pag- es fied declined for the fourth straight year to 28.4 million. In 2001, 100 million pages munities and what the response plans are,” said Blum. He saida new law outside the classifica. tion system shrouds “sensitive homeland security information” about infrastructure vulnerabilities and plans. “Public engagement in helping fight terrorism or addr: tions or “mere assertions by governmentofficials” that keep unclassified information from the public. Some are needed to protect privacy or trade secrets, the report said, but “such unchecked secrecy threatens accountability in government.” These inchide labels like were declassified; the record gest angepeAmerican _ing public health risks is the big- “limited official use,” “critical was 204 million pages in 1997. society has, “operations security protected.” These figures cover 41 federal agencies, excluding the CIA, whose classification totals Seetay reflect overclassification, saidJ. William Leonard, director of the infrastructure information” and “The volume and impact of these pseudo-classifications is growing,” said Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., ace of the House national security subcomare going in the wrong direc- Sept. 11, 2001, attacks,“many agencies have gone to 24/7 op- JEREMY HARMON//Daily Herald Martin Elizarraraz, right, and Stetson Richardson work to complete a fence around a mink farm in southern Utah County. ;. The report also noted the growing use of secret ches, court secrecy. closed meetings by adviSory groups and patents kept from Continued from Al and beyond what the county requires — he met withresidents to talk aboutthe farm before he starting moving the animals there; he built the mink sheds in the middleof the property to give as much distance as smells down; andhe just spent $30,000 on trees to surround the fence to camouflage the Responsible Mink Farming. They've contacted animal control, spokento the state Division of Wildlife Resources, MATT SMITH/Daily Herald Dee Henderson showshis neighbors a basementwindow screen that two mink chewed through andthen got trappedin, during a meeting concerning a nearby mink farm on Aug. 26. that’s now Eagle Mountain. He hadto leave because people were disturbing his minks. “Thad no choiceabout it,” Carson said. “The lawsare in homeownersfavor. As soon as they get there, they turn on the lights andlet dogs run overinto my property. Kids come over andlet the mink out. “Ten years ago there was sioner Steve White and written a letter to the county attor- nothing there,” he said. “Now there’s an elementary school, a church and 2,000 homes on. oneside and 2,000 homes on the otherside.” ney’soffice. They're consider- But this time it’s the people ing proposing zone changes to ing. nim controlwill respond on mink complaints, but resi- minks haveescaped since they moved in during April, break- and investigates,” said Utah whooversees animal control. “| know they're not pleased because there have been no citations orarrests.In order for ustocite or arrest, we have to havealink between the suspect andcrime.” She said she became aware of the problem in August. cause she couldn't breathe. And Brothwell won't let her grandchildrenplay outside alone anymore,eversince her granddaughtertold her there was “a mean pussycat” outside. Carsonsaid the residents are complaining about things that in agricultural areas. “If they didn’t wantto live should have moved to Highland,” he said. White said there’s not much the county and residents can do aboutthe situation. “That's the problem when you live in an agricultural in, or complaints, regarding County Sheriff Lt. Yvette Rice, to moveawayin August be- and cage moves. Hereim- dering minksare over now that the fenceis up, because the mink in the area, an animal control deputy is dispatched had to havea friend shoot it.” Pat Brothwell says her 42year-olddisabled oeshad ing free during feedingtimes having loose mink. “As reports have come a fence, and mink are vicious,” she said, “One mink kept me from going into the kennel. I in an agriculturearea, they who were therefirst. Carson admits someofhis bursed one resident for some chickens killed by mink: But he said the days aewan- dents want animal control officers to write Carsontickets for against secrecy.” Hecited a bipartisan bill to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act andefforts like the Sunshine in Government Initiative, organized by The Associated Press _and seven organizations interested in journalism. as to the exact countof6 milrors” from time to time,but he lion votes,” he wrote. added,“It and the country have Rehnquist, who championed survived these mistakes and states’rights and helped speed the court as an institution has Senate confirmationbattle than upexecutions, was the only steadily grown in authority and that of John Roberts. member still on the court who prestige.” It was not immediately clear voted on Roe v. Wade,the Hehad deflectedcriticism whatimpact Rehnquist’s death landmark 1973 decision legalabout his viewson race durwould have on confirmation izing abortion. He opposed that ing his 1971 confirmation, and hearings for Roberts, scheduled decision, writing: “Even today, the one 15 yearslater when he to begin Tuesday. whensociety’s views on aborbecamechiefjustice. As a law Rehnquist presided over Pres- tion are changing, the very exclerkto Justice Robert Jackson, ident Clinton's impeachment tri- istenceof the debateis evidence Rehnquist wrote memos in al in 1999,helped settle the 2000 thatthe ‘right’ to an abortionis 1952 that appeared to suggest. presidential election in Bush's not so universally accepted as Jackson should oppose Brown. favor, and fashioned decisions (Roe) would haveus believe.” v. Board of Education, the over the years that diluted the Hebelieved there was a place landmarkruling that declared powersof the federal governfor some religion in governpublic school segregation unmentwhile strengthening those ment. He wrotethe 5-4 deciconstitutional. ofthe states. sion in 2002 that said parents Aschiefjustice, Rehnquist Arhbergsaid plans regarding mayuse public tax money to drew complaints whenhe led a funeral arrangements would be send their children to religious groupoflawyers and judges in forthcoming. a schools, Twoyearslater, he a rendition of “Dixie” at a conBush was notified of was distressed whenthe court ferencein Virginia in 1999. He Rehnquist's death shortly bepassed upa chanceto declare did not respondto a black lawfore 11 p.m. EDT. that the Pledgeof Allegiancein yers’ organization that called public schools is constitutional. “President Bush and Mrs. the song an offensive “symbol Bush are deeply saddened by “The phrase ‘under God’in ofslavery and oppression.” the news,” said White House the pledge seems,as historical Rehnquist, a widowersince counselor Dan Bartlett. “It's a matter, to sum upthe attitude 1991, dodged questions about tremendous loss for our nation.” of the nation’sleaders, and to his legacy in a March 2004 The president was expected manifest itself in many of our interview. Hesaidhe tried to to makea personal statement public observances,” he wrote. small animals won't be able to get overit or dig underneathit. Carson bought the 74 acres last summer,and then built mink sheds now holding about 20,000 animals. He plans to build some more sheds and eventually house 28,000 minks. Healso plans to build a house for his family on the property. But residentssais the improvementsCarsonis doing now aretoo late. They said the fence should havebeen up before the minks moved in. Terri Smith, who owns a about Rehnquist today. The chiefjustice passed up a chance to step downover the summer, which would have given the;Senate a chance to zone,” he said. “I told them ‘Hey, if youfeellikeit’s not confirm his successor while the court was out of session, and instead Justice Sandra Day O'Connorannounced herretire- (change).’” ment to spend timewithher ill husband.Bush chose Roberts, a former Rehnquist clerk and friend, to replace O'Connor. a properuseof that area you ought to propose a zonetext Buteven with a zoning change, Carson wouldn’t have to movehis mink farm because he'd be grandfathered in under the old rules, Whitesaid. Residentscould incorporate, but the mink farm would be a pre-existing use and wouldn't have to move,he said. “A mink farmis legal in the RAS (residential agriculture zone),” White said. “So they need to work onchangingit Rehnquist said in July that he wanted to stay on the bench as long as his health would allow. The president could elevate to chiefjustice oneof the court’s conservatives, such as Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas, but it’s morelikely he will choose Rehnquist leaves without accomplishing the legal revolution he had hoped for as the nation’s 16th chiefjustice. As Rehnquist readit, the Constitu- tion lets states outlaw abortion and sponsor prayers in public schools but bars them from giving special, affirmative-action preferences toracial minorities and women.The court he led isagreed. In 2003, for example, the court preserved affirmative action in college admissions and issued a landmark gayrights ruling that struck down lawscriminalizing gay sex, both over Rehnquist's objections. Andlast year, Rehnquist disagreed when the court ruled that the government cannot indefinitely detain terrorism suspects and deny them someonefrom outside the court. Possible replacementsinclude Attorney General Alberto R. access to courts Rehnquist was somewhatof Gonzales andfederal courts of a surprise choice when Presiwait until he sells it off for it appeals judges J. Michael Lutnelin the area,said she had to tig, Edith Clement, Samuel A. dent Nixon nominated him to to be gone.It’s an interesting double fence her kennel. the court in 1971. He was a Alito Jr., Michael McConnell, “The mink farm doesn’t have conundrum.” county 10 years ago, an area Emilio Garza and James Harvie 47-year-old Justice Department Wilkinson III. 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Blum said he was encouraged by in the last year of “a vocal chorus pushing back Rehnquist talked to Utah County Commis- the county and even throwing around the idea of incorporat- dividual in government can Continued from Al operation. “I wantto be a good neighbor,”he said. “I wantto try to makeit as nice as I can and do everything | can to makeit OK for these people. There’s no law that says I have to do that. I'm doingall that for the neighbors whoaregriping the loudest.” The neighbors formed a groupcalled Citizens for Leonardsaidclassification costs rise as agencies share “The 9-11 Commission pointed secrets electronically. Yet, he . out that too much secrecy can _said,“the greatlesson of 9-Il is makeus less safe from terthat improper hoardingof inforrorists, and the inadequate mation can cost lives and harm response to Hurricane Katrina _national security.” showsthe public needs to know The report identified 50 new what could happenin their com- restrictions in laws, regula- Minks possible to homeowners on each side ofthe land; he just finished a $20,000 solid metal fencethat stands six feet above the ground and onefoot below ground;he spent $47,000 on a machineto keep mink manure view. erations, others have increased their intelligence product, and the military is fighting two wars. You can't dothat without producing more classified, and mittee, and “inhibits the free flow ofcritical information.” Leonardsaid, “No one in- goldenretriever rescue ken- It won't change the current circumstances, they'd have to wn LOOK WHAT'S NEW TODAY! f= i decision, whichcritics pre- dicted would tarnish the court's The latest in BYU ‘Sports online neradartr. spread Sodaoneh64 of the state’s 67 counties. This was done in a searchfor elusive eal perhaps delusive — certainty paragraph of a book Rehnquist wrote on the court’s history may stand as his answer tocriticism. Rehnquist noted that the court makes “demonstrable er- haveto havea very high boiling point.” Within the court, Rehnquist was a far more popular chief justice than his predecessor, Warren Burger. Liberal Justice John Paul Stevens said in 2002 that Rehnquist brought “efficiency, good humor and absolute impartiality” to the job. Somejustices complained that Burger was heavy-handed and pompous. Rehnquist's grandparents emigrated to the United States from Swedenin 1880 andsettled in Chicago. His grandfather was tailor, his grandmother a schoolteacher. Rehnquist grew up in Wisconsin,the son of paper salesman anda translator. Heatfirst had planned to be a college professor, but a test showed him suited to the legal field. In 1952, he graduated first in his class at Stanford Uni- versity’s law school, where he briefly dated O’Connor,the high court’s first femalejustice. Rehnquist caused great amusement when he departed from tradition by adding four shiny gold stripesto eachsleeve ofhis black robe in 1995. The flourish was inspired by a costumein a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. A close studentof the Su- preme Court’s traditions and history, he was stickler for decorum.Hefrequently admonished hapless lawyers who did not show what Rehnquist regarded as proper courtesy in the courtroom. His gravelly monotonesilenced any who kept talking past their allotted time. He was the enthusiastic host of an annual,old-fashioned employee Christmas party at the court. At a time when many schools, governmentoffices and private businesses quietly did away with overtly Christian holiday symbols, Rehnquist led the singing oftraditional Christmas carols. Rehnquist has led a quiet social life outside the court. Until recently, he w daily, as tonic for a chronic bad back, andplayed tennis with his law clerks. He enjoyed bridge, spending time with his eight grandchildren, charades and a monthly poker gamewith Sca- lia and a revolving cast of powerful Washington men.Heliked beer, and smoked in private. The only chief justice older than Rehnquist was Roger Taney, who presided over the high court in the mid-1800s until his death at 87. Rehnquist was also closing in on the record for longest-serving justice. four men were on the court 34 yearsor longer. |