The disclosure bill complements a bipartisan bill entered in the Senate on 11 June, sponsored by eight senators, to compel release of the surveillance court's secret rulings.
In April James Connell, one of al-Baluchi's attorneys, filed a motion to compel release of the Senate's full, unredacted, 6,000-page 6,000-page
After numerous legal skirmishes, state courts ultimately ruled last year that Cuccinelli did not have the legal authority to compel release of the documents.
For example, Staten Island Sen. Diane Savino (D) and Assembly Member Matthew Titone (D) plan to introduce legislation that would compel release of the details of grand jury deliberations.
"A month ago I don't think the White House would have felt compelled to release all these records," said Bennett Roth, the White House correspondent for The Houston Chronicle, after the White House suddenly released hundreds of pages of National Guard records Friday evening.
The N.F.L. felt compelled to release a statement in which it included excerpts from its rulebook.
Allen Weiner, an analyst for Gartner, said that Barnes & Noble was compelled to release a new device that would "get them in the spotlight".
At one point, the White House felt compelled to release a 33-page statement denying that he spat a drink at a woman in a bar.
The fact that the Catholic Church in England and Wales felt compelled to release such a public statement shows how potentially divisive they believe Cardinal Bertone's comments have been.
Speculation was rampant in the publishing world that the revelation was part of a big publicity ploy to help sell books — so much so that Ms. Rowling's spokeswoman, Nicky Stonehill, was compelled to release a tightly worded statement denying it.
Agents were compelled to release him for lack of evidence on a dope charge, but they sent a description of his tattoo marks to the French Consulate, and word came yesterday of his identity.
