National security secrecy curtails what detainees may see in evidence.

Evidence

Since there is secret evidence in the interests of national security, the detainee and his counsel are entitled to a summary of evidence approved by the designated judge. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 483

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the security-certificate mechanism whereby the defense must rely on a judicially approved summary rather than the evidence itself.