Originally Posted by gsoltso

I got nothing other than it is probably not something legal advisors would recommend. Maybe something to do with the trying the case in public instead of the court room, or prejudicing the public - things like that. Just like when most Presidential misstatements or falsehoods (regardless of which president you are speaking of) are downplayed or completely glossed over in some circumstances. Also like many of the other federal branches don't release much info on things even after a trial and conviction. Most of that stuff is reported from a law enforcement blotter release as opposed to the organization releasing it. It must be better PR in some way because a lot of agencies and companies do it. I actually agree with you that it could go a long way towards transparency and commincation, but it just doesn't seem to be what happens most times. Also, there may be some law or directive that I have missed that prevents the release, one of those that I know of are the privacy act laws. Those prevent the release of a lot of information about someone in federal employ due to personnel rules. I am not an attorney, and only have a laymans grip on the infomration laws, so I may have missed something else they have in place as well.