When the CIA or Military release declassified documents they often redact names for the persons safety so why isn’t the same done to witnesses who take the stand during trial?

Question

Why is someone being a witness made public record for everyone to see, putting them in danger? Why can’t we let them remain anonymous like people in CIA and Military files?

In: Culture

Answer 1

Because that person/documents might hold information that could hurt the country or NATO or the world safety.

You witnessing a murder is on a whole different scale hence why there’s different classification for documents (protected,classified,secret,top secret, cosmic, etc).

Also depending on the country, you’re fully allowed by law to know who testify against you, hence why the witness protection program starts AFTER the trial (new identity,etc).