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Graymail

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Graymail
1. To force a government to alter its policy by threatening to reveal state secrets. Graymail especially refers to situations in which one forces the government to drop criminal or civil proceedings. In other words, graymail is blackmail of a government.

2. To request the use of state secrets in a criminal or civil proceeding in order to bolster one's case.
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25) Graymail is a term describing a defendant's threat to expose classified intelligence through otherwise lawful procedural means during trial.
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