European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes Friday March 23 2nn Navy refuses to disclose its sonar use in whale lawsuit by Audrey Mcavoy the associated press Honolulu the Navy is refusing to detail its sonar use for a Federal court in a Case involving potential harm to whales saying the information could jeopardize National Security complying with a Federal judges order to hand Over the information would require disclosure of sensitive and classified material the Navy said in a news release tuesday the natural resources defense Council is suing the Navy to ensure sailors use sonar in a Way that Doest harm whales and other Marine mammals critics say Active sonar which sailors use by pumping sound through water and listening for objects the sound bounces off of can strand and even kill Marine mammals a us congressional re search service report last year found Navy sonar exercises had been responsible for at least six mass deaths and unusual behaviour among whales Many of the beached or dead animals had dam aged hearing organs the Navy acknowledges sonar May harm Marine mammals but says it already takes Steps to protect whales such As posting lookouts in considering the lawsuit us District judge Florence Marie Cooper issued an order for the Navy to submit data for the Case on when and where sailors have used sonar since 2003 Cooper instructed the Navy to list the latitude and Longi ii you look at it in the aggregate it paints a picture that we  want to paint for our adversaries w us Navy official tude of where it used mid frequency Active sonar How Long it used the sonar and the times and dates the Navy said in its news release that it refused to comply citing state secrets privilege which Al lows government officials to keep information secret on National Security grounds if you look at it in the aggregate it paints a Pic Ture that we  want to paint for our Adver Saries said a Navy official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the matter was still being litigated Joel Reynolds a natural resources defense Council attorney said he would Challenge the navys position the Council and the court need the data to ascertain How the Navy has complied with environmental Laws when sailors use sonar this latest invocation of state secret privilege is one More attempt to deprive the Public of the in formation it needs to determine whether the Navy is illegally and needlessly endangering the Marine environment Reynolds said Navy naming destroyer after War hero Dunham the associated press Washington the us Navy will name a destroyer after Cpl Jason Dunham a Young Marine from Western new York who fell on a grenade in Iraq to save his comrades Dunham already was posthumously awarded a medal of Honor for the selfless act the emotional White House ceremony in january was attended by president Bush and the marines parents Dunham of Scio by saved at least two lives by acting quickly during a struggle with an insurgent near the syrian Border the Navy will name its newest guided missile destroyer the uss Jason Dunham new York Law makers said tuesday a formal ceremony in Scio with Navy Secretary Donald Winters is scheduled for Friday sen Charles Schumer called the destroyer naming another fit Ting tribute to his life and hum bling heroism rep Randy Kuhl Hammond sport whose District includes Scio said the destroyer will be an other Way to ensure that Jason and his heroic selfless acts will Long be remembered in april 2004 Dunham 22 received a report that a Marine con Voy had been ambushed Accord ing to a Marine corps account Cpl Jason Dunham Dunham led his men to the site near he Sabah halting a Convoy of departing cars an insurgent in one of the vehicles grabbed him by the Throat when he went to search the car and the two fought a grenade was dropped and Dunham covered the explosive with his Kevlar helmet which along with his Chest Armor plate absorbed 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