不特定秘密保護法案の衆院強行採決についての英語圏の報道 （国民から「国民主権」を奪う「秘密保全法」 （メモ） (143)）

　　

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自由法曹団のホームページで、秘密保護法案について、参議院の安全保障に関する特別委員会のメンバーの連絡先の一覧を紹介しています。 http://t.co/UP2J6jRLZp 反対ないし慎重審議を求める声を国会議員に届けましょう。 （拡散希望）

— 長尾　忠昭 (@tadaaki_n) November 28, 2013

今回は英語圏のネット報道をいくつかまとめてメモして紹介。世界からの「注目」。

2013年11月末、衆議院強行採決の時点のものです。

国連人権委に何度も勧告を受けてるのにシャラップで済ます国だからなあ…。RT @basilsauce: 日本はどんな国家かと @msyamon 【秘密保護法】国会の傍聴席で抗議の声をあげた男性が、口に詰め物を入れられて衛士につれていかれたhttp://t.co/nETjuqnKem

— kaz hagiwara（萩原 一彦） (@reservologic) November 30, 2013

●NYTimes.com
Secrecy Bill Could Distance Japan From Its Postwar Pacifism
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/29/world/asia/secrecy-bill-could-distance-japan-from-its-postwar-pacifism.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/29/world/asia/secrecy-bill-could-distance-japan-from-its-postwar-pacifism.html?pagewanted=2
By MARTIN FACKLER
Published: November 28, 2013

Toru Hanai/Reuters
A protester was removed by security officers after Japan’s lower house of Parliament passed a national secrets act on Tuesday.

Yoshikazu Tsuno/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that tighter controls of state secrets were needed to persuade the United States to share more of its sensitive military intelligence.


TOKYO — Brushing past angry street protests and apocalyptic editorials in leading newspapers, Japan’s conservative prime minister, Shinzo Abe, appears set to achieve one of the first items on his legislative agenda to roll back his nation’s postwar pacifism: passing a national secrets law.

The secrecy bill, which sped through the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday and is expected to pass the upper house soon, is considered an initial step in Mr. Abe’s efforts to turn Japan into what some here call a more “normal” nation, with fewer restrictions on its ability to protect itself and able to assume a greater regional role.

The measure, along with the creation of an American-style National Security Council approved this week, would strengthen the prime minister’s hand in a crisis.

Mr. Abe has said that tighter controls of state secrets were needed to plug holes in Japan’s protection of information and, most important, to persuade the United States to share more of its sensitive military intelligence. With China’s rise and increasing assertiveness, Mr. Abe has been leading Japan to become a more full-fledged military ally of the United States.

But the secrecy bill has quickly become a lightning rod for opponents, many in the news media and at universities, who fear that it gives too much discretion to the nation’s powerful bureaucrats to decide what is a state secret and allows a famously opaque government to provide even less information to the public. Many have warned that the bill could lead to abuses of power by the government, and some critics have gone so far as to compare it to much more draconian prewar laws that placed severe restrictions on speech, and ultimately allowed the military to drag Japan into World War II.

“Japan doesn’t have the strong tradition of freedom of speech, as our recent history shows,” said Yasuhiko Tajima, a professor of media law at Sophia University in Tokyo. “Allowing bureaucrats to declare whatever they want to be state secrets would make us no different than dictatorships like North Korea and China.”

One of the biggest criticisms of the bill is that its definition of secrets is too vague and broad. The current wording gives the heads of government agencies the power to declare information off limits if it touches on such sensitive national security areas as diplomacy, defense and antiterrorism policy. Those found guilty of leaking these secrets could face up to 10 years in prison, far longer than under Japan’s current laws.

The secrecy bill was submitted in tandem with the bill to create a National Security Council that Parliament approved this week.

Political analysts say the twin measures are the first steps in a legislative agenda that could eventually see Mr. Abe try to fulfill his long-held goal of revising his nation’s antiwar Constitution to allow for a fully developed military instead of purely defensive forces — still a controversial idea in Japan.

“This legal framework is needed for the proper functioning of a new N.S.C. that can serve as a command center for national security strategy,” said an editorial last month in Yomiuri Shimbun, a conservative newspaper that has long served as a mouthpiece for Mr. Abe’s governing Liberal Democratic Party.

Taking advantage of the party’s control of both houses of Parliament, Mr. Abe, who had promised to end the country’s long political paralysis, sped the secrecy bill through the lower house in less than three weeks, and then into the upper house.

The speed, however, has left opponents feeling steamrollered, feeding fears that the secrecy bill poses a threat to Japanese democracy and inspiring bitter complaints that Mr. Abe was breaking from Japan’s tradition of building political consensus for major changes.

“We saw the iron fist of the Abe cabinet under its velvet glove,” said Banri Kaieda, the leader of Japan’s largest opposition, the Democratic Party, after Tuesday’s secrecy bill vote.

Some of the most vocal concerns were raised by residents of the region around the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Tamotsu Baba, the mayor of the evacuated town of Namie, noted at a hearing Monday — the only public hearing on the bill — that the government’s failure to release forecasts of the direction of radioactive releases during the accident two years ago allowed his townspeople to unknowingly flee into the plume. He warned that the bill would strengthen the government’s demonstrated tendency to keep vital information secret in a crisis.

“What is needed is more openness, not less,” Mr. Baba said.

Many of Japan’s top writers, journalists and academics have also made impassioned pleas against the bill, or at least urged that it include stronger checks on the bureaucracy’s powers to declare information out of bounds.

They and others say the bill fails to establish a mechanism for reviewing what is declared secret, noting that Japan also lacks freedom of information laws as robust as those in other democracies like the United States. They also warned that the bill could be used to prosecute not only officials who leak secrets, but also journalists or even university researchers who receive them. There is also no clear provision for sharing classified information with elected representatives.

In an editorial last month, The Asahi Shimbun, another large Japanese daily, stated that while it supported the need to protect state secrets, the current bill was “riddled with problems” that would keep voters in the dark.

“The bill gives the government a monopoly on information,” the editorial said, “and places extreme limits on the people’s right to know and inquire, and on the freedom of the press.”

In Parliament this week, Mr. Abe said the bill was needed to help Japan strengthen its management of classified information, something he said the United States has asked Japan to do after scandals here over leaked or mishandled security secrets.

Some experts say critics’ fears are misplaced. They point out that Mr. Abe has agreed to opposition party calls for the creation of an agency to monitor what is declared secret, though that language is not in the bill. They also say that the bill will be limited to sensitive information like military plans or intercepted cellphone messages from terrorists.

“I think this just brings Japan up to the levels of secrecy management of the United States,” said Yasuo Hasebe, a professor of information law at the University of Tokyo.

But imitating the United States is exactly the problem, many critics say, arguing that Japan should not pass such a bill when the United States and other nations are pushing for less secrecy from their own governments.

“The Snowden disclosures caused a major rethink in the United States,” said Mr. Tajima, the Sophia University professor, referring to the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden.

“And now here comes Japan, running in the wrong direction.”

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●The Washington Post
Japan secrecy law stirs fear of limits on freedoms
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-secrecy-law-stirs-fear-of-limits-on-freedoms/2013/11/26/b2447b24-566f-11e3-bdbf-097ab2a3dc2b_story.html
By Associated Press, Published: November 26

(Kyodo News/ Associated Press ) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from right, claps with lawmakers of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party just after a proposed state secrecy law was approved in parliament’s lower house, in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. The secrecy law that imposes stiffer penalties - on bureaucrats who leak secrets and journalists who seek them - is spurring a public outcry, with opponents criticizing it as a heavy-handed effort by the government to hide what it’s doing and suppress press freedom. The public is concerned because the government won’t say exactly what becomes secret. Critics say the law could allow the government to withhold more information and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. Other lawmakers are Finance Minister Taro Aso, right, and Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, third from right.

TOKYO — Japan’s more powerful lower house of Parliament approved a state secrecy bill late Tuesday that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak secrets and journalists who seek them, despite criticism the government is making a heavy-handed effort to hide what it’s doing and suppress press freedom.
The public is concerned because the government won’t say exactly what becomes secret. Critics say the law could allow the government to withhold more information and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy.
The bill was approved after hours of delay due to protests by opposition lawmakers. The ruling block and its supporters hope the weaker upper house will pass the legislation next month.
The ruling party says the law is needed to encourage the United States and other allies to share national security information with Japan. With the creation of a U.S.-style National Security Council in his office, it is part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to strengthen Japan’s role in global security and create a more authoritarian government at home.
“This law is designed to protect the safety of the people,” Abe said, promising to relieve citizens’ concerns through further parliamentary debate.
The bill allows heads of ministries and agencies to classify 23 vaguely worded types of information related to defense, diplomacy, counterintelligence and counterterrorism, almost indefinitely.
Critics say it might sway authorities to withhold more information about nuclear power plants, arguing they could become terrorist targets. Or they warn that officials may refuse to disclose key elements of free trade talks to protect concessions that would make Tokyo or a partner look bad.
The move is welcomed by the United States, which wants a stronger Japan to counter China’s military rise, but raises fears in Japan that the country could be edging back toward its militaristic past, when authorities severely restrained free speech.
Some experts say the legislation would ease the way for Abe’s drive to revise Japan’s U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution to give more power to the government and stress civil duties over basic human rights.
“My biggest concern is that it would be more difficult for the people to see the government’s decision-making process,” said Kyouji Yanagisawa, a former top defense official who was in charge of national security in the Prime Minister’s Office in 2004-2009. “That means we can’t check how or where the government made mistakes, or help the government make a wise decision.”
At a public hearing in Fukushima on Monday, the only one held before the vote, lawyer Hiroyasu Maki said the bill’s definition of secrets is so vague and broad that it could easily be expanded to include radiation data crucial to the evacuation and health of residents in case of another nuclear crisis. Opponents said that Tuesday’s vote despite unanimous opposition by the seven local officials invited to the hearing already shows the Abe government’s high-handed approach.
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers say Washington has repeatedly said it feels insecure about sharing top-secret information with Japan due to its lack of legal protection for secrets. The U.S. is worried about leaks to China, they say.

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●The Big Story
Japan secrecy law stirs fear of limits on freedoms
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/japan-secrecy-law-stirs-fear-limits-freedoms
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
— Nov. 26, 2013 6:25 AM EST

A spectator holds a sign against a proposed state secrecy law at parliament as a special committee in Japan's lower house votes on the controversial legislation that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. The sign held by the spectator reads: "Information is for people. It is rough-and-ready to deliberate at the Diet." (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Members of opposition parties approach special committee chairman Fukushiro Nukaga, right, after a special committee in Japan's lower house approved a proposed state secrecy law that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, at parliament's lower house in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy.(AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
In this Thursday, Nov. 21 2013 photo, a police officer walks by a group of anti-secrecy law protesters staging a sit-in in front of the parliament building in Tokyo. The proposed state secrecy law, that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, is spurring a public outcry, with opponents blasting it as a heavy-handed effort to hide what the government is doing and restrict press freedom. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. The yellow banner reads: "Oppose secrecy law." (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
A demonstrator holds a poster with an image of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reading: "Don't see, don't listen, don't speak" while protesting against a proposed state secrecy law that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, in front of the parliament building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
In this Thursday, Nov. 21 2013 photo, a group of anti-secrecy law protesters stage a sit-in with a sign reading "Cheer lawmakers opposing the secrecy bill" in front of the parliament building in Tokyo. The proposed state secrecy law, that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, is spurring a public outcry, with opponents blasting it as a heavy-handed effort to hide what the government is doing and restrict press freedom. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
A demonstrator stands under an umbrella with a poster depicting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reading: "We have no choice but to scrap state secrecy law," while protesting against a proposed state secrecy law that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, in front of the parliament building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Opponents say the law, if passed in its current form will give the government sweeping powers to withhold information and undermine Japan’s democracy and the public’s right to know what its leaders are doing. The writing on the umbrella reads: "Secrets." (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
In this Thursday, Nov. 21 2013 photo, police officers stand guard near Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence as a car passes by bearing slogans opposing a secrecy bill that Abe has been trying to get an approval at parliament in Tokyo. The proposed state secrecy law, that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, is spurring a public outcry, with opponents blasting it as a heavy-handed effort to hide what the government is doing and restrict press freedom. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
A demonstrator holds a poster with an image of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reading: "Don't forgive Shinzo Abe who pushes (Japan) towards war," while protesting against a proposed state secrecy law that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, in front of the parliament building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Demonstrators protest against a proposed state secrecy law that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, in front of the parliament building in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Demonstrators march during a protest against a state secrecy law, at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. The banner held by the protesters reads: "We are against state secrecy law. Secrets lead to war !! Is chat fined ?! Emergent women's activity." The proposed state secrecy law, that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information and journalists who seek it, is spurring a public outcry, with opponents blasting it as a heavy-handed effort to hide what the government is doing and restrict press freedom. What’s concerning the public most is that the government won’t say exactly what it wants to make secret. Opponents say the bill could allow authorities to withhold information about whatever they want and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY

By: MARI YAMAGUCHI (AP)
TOKYOCopyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.35.6895139.692
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's lower house of parliament has approved a state secrecy bill that penalizes civil servants who leak secrets and journalists who seek them — a move opponents criticize as a heavy-handed effort by the government to hide what it's doing and suppress press freedom.
The public is concerned because the government won't say exactly what becomes secret. Critics say the law could allow the government to withhold more information and ultimately undermine Japan's democracy. Parliament's weaker upper house is expected to approve the bill next month.
The ruling party says the law is needed to encourage the U.S. and other allies to share security information with Japan. It's part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's effort to strengthen Japan's role in global security and make a more authoritarian government at home.

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●Channel NewsAsia
Japan's lower house passes secrecy bill
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/japan-s-lower-house/900750.html
POSTED: 26 Nov 2013 21:15

Japan's lower house of parliament passed a controversial new state secrets bill on Tuesday, which critics say is draconian and will impinge on press freedom and the public's right to know.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a question at Lower House's ad hoc committee session of a controversial new state secrets bill at the National Diet in Tokyo. (AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
TOKYO: Japan's lower house of parliament passed a controversial new state secrets bill on Tuesday, which critics say is draconian and will impinge on press freedom and the public's right to know.
After a morning of debate, the ruling bloc with support from one opposition party voted for the bill, which would give Tokyo far broader powers in deciding what constitutes a state secret, and severely punish those who leak the information.
The legislation was sent to the upper house for more debate.
That chamber is also controlled by the ruling bloc, which is trying to enact it by the end of the current Diet session on December 6 with approvals from both chambers.
"This is a law that would ensure safety of the Japanese people," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters after the bill's passage through the lower house.
"Through debates at the upper house, I will do my utmost to ease concerns that the public may have," he said.
The hawkish premier insisted that the bill would neither restrict freedom of the press nor encourage authorities to "arbitrarily" designate information as restricted.
"Frankly speaking, there is misunderstanding," Abe said earlier in the day. "I want to firmly say that it is obvious that normal reporting activity of journalists must not be a subject for punishment under the bill."
Abe's ruling coalition has argued that the legislation is crucial for Japan to enhance its national defence, despite growing concerns among major opposition parties and the public.
Thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets to register their anger at the bill, which comes amid worldwide debate over government secrecy in the wake of the Edward Snowden affair.
Under the proposals, information related to defence, diplomacy, counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism can all be classified as a state secret, at the behest of politicians.
Critics argue that the bill could mean far more information being kept from the public, with little real oversight.
The legislation is aimed at plugging Japan's notoriously leaky bureaucracy after years of complaints from chief ally the United States, which has been reluctant to pool information.
If the law is passed, public servants who give away state secrets could be jailed for up to 10 years. The present maximum is one.
Official intelligence-gathering has come under the spotlight since ex-CIA employee and NSA contractor Snowden fled to Hong Kong and later Russia with a trove of classified US documents about surveillance programmes.
- AFP/jl

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●TODAYonline
Japan secrecy law sparks public outcry
http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/japan-secrecy-law-sparks-public-outcry
2013/11/26

Demonstrators protesting against the Designated Secrets Bill in front of parliament of Japan in Tokyo. Photo: AP

Critics say the law could allow the government to withhold information and undermine Japan’s democracy
TOKYO — A proposed state secrecy law in Japan that imposes stiffer penalties on bureaucrats who leak information — and journalists who seek it — is spurring a public outcry, with opponents blasting it as a heavy-handed effort to hide what the government is doing and restrict press freedom.
The public’s top concern is that the government will not say exactly what it wants to make secret. Critics say the law could allow the government to withhold information about whatever it wants and ultimately undermine Japan’s democracy.
The ruling party says the “secrecy protection” law, which the lower house of parliament could vote on as soon as today (Nov 26), is needed to allow the United States and other allies to share national security information with Japan. Along with the creation of a US-style National Security Council in his office, it is part of an effort by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to beef up Japan’s role in global security, and make a more authoritarian government at home.
The moves are welcomed by the US, which wants a stronger Japan to counter China’s military rise, but they raise fears in Japan that the country could be edging back toward its militaristic past, when authorities severely restrained free speech.
“My biggest concern is that it would be more difficult for the people to see the government’s decision-making process,” said Mr Kyouji Yanagisawa, a former top defence official who was in charge of national security at the Prime Minister’s Office from 2004-2009. “That means we can’t check how or where the government made mistakes, or help the government make a wise decision.”
The bill allows heads of government ministries and agencies to classify information related to defence, diplomacy, counterintelligence and counterterrorism, almost indefinitely.
Critics say that it might sway authorities to withhold more information about nuclear power plants, arguing they could become terrorist targets. Or they warn that officials may refuse to disclose key elements of free trade talks to protect concessions that would make Tokyo or a partner look bad.
At a public hearing in Fukushima yesterday, the only one held by the government just before the planned vote, lawyer Hiroyasu Maki said the bill’s definition of secrets is so vague and broad that it could easily be expanded to include radiation data crucial to the evacuation and health of the residents in the case of another nuclear crisis.
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers say Washington has repeatedly said that they feel insecure about sharing top security information with Japan due to its lack of legal protection for secrets. The US is worried about leaks to China, they say.
“(The bill) is by all means necessary to step up Japan’s intelligence levels. Many other countries already have legal framework like this but Japan does not,” said Mr Nobutaka Machimura, a senior ruling lawmaker and head of the party’s secrecy bill team. AP

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●Globaltimes.cn
Japan’s lower house passes controversial secrecy bill
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/827938.shtml
AFP | 2013-11-27 0:53:01 By AFP

A spectator is taken out by security personnel as he shouts against lawmakers after they just voted on the controversial state secrecy bill in the lower house of the Japanese parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday. Japan's government is seeking to broaden the definition of state secrets protected by law. Photo: CFP


Japan's lower house of parliament passed a controversial new state secrets bill Tuesday, which critics say is draconian and will impinge on press freedom and the public's right to know.

After a morning of debate, the ruling bloc with support from one opposition party voted for the bill, which would give Tokyo far broader powers in deciding what constitutes a state secret, and severely punish those who leak the information.

The legislation was sent to the upper house for more debate.

That chamber is also controlled by the ruling bloc, which is trying to enact it by the end of the current Diet session on December 6 with approvals from both chambers.

"This is a law that would ensure safety of the Japanese people," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters after the bill's passage through the lower house.

"Through debates at the upper house, I will do my utmost to ease concerns that the public may have."

The hawkish premier insisted that the bill would neither restrict freedom of the press nor encourage authorities to "arbitrarily" designate information as restricted.

"Frankly speaking, there is misunderstanding," Abe said earlier in the day. "I want to firmly say that it is obvious that normal reporting activity of journalists must not be a subject for punishment under the bill."

Abe's ruling coalition has argued that the legislation is crucial for Japan to enhance its national defence, despite growing concerns among major opposition parties and the public.

Thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets to register their anger at the bill, which comes amid worldwide debate over government secrecy after the Edward Snowden affair.

Under the proposals, information related to defence, diplomacy, counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism can all be classified as a state secret, at the behest of politicians.

Critics argue that the bill could mean far more information being kept from the public, with little real oversight.

AFP

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国会議員にメッセージを届けるコツをはな (@run_bun)さんが次のように書いています。

本日全員にメールやFAX、☎で意見を伝えた。自民党議員には反対よりも「今国会にこだわらずに慎重な審議が国民の願い」の方が受入れられやすいです。RT @maekitam: 秘密保護法の資料（国家安全保障に関する特別委員会の委員一覧） pic.twitter.com/Qi81gYFkmF

— はな (@run_bun) November 27, 2013

【特定秘密保護法】メールやFAX☎で意見を伝えた。 与党には反対より「今国会にこだわらずに慎重な審議が世論」が好感度。 みんなと維新には「党の方針より自身の理想や民意を優先して」と。 民主・共産・社民には激励を。 参院の特別委の名簿⇒ http://t.co/gCdo2xAAR8

— はな (@run_bun) November 27, 2013

●ウィンザー通信
『参議院・国家安全保障に関する、特別委員会のメンバーとその連絡先一覧』by金吾さん、ど～ん！
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mayumilehr/e/28c9ae6db6a77a7ff359eae90265e955
2013年11月27日

デモに行く、メッセージを議員や報道機関に送る、口コミで人に伝える、など、それぞれがそれぞれの場でできることを続けましょう。

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