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(Gilmore vs. Ashcroft) DOJ Wants Secret Justice -- Gilmore Fights Back
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 05:23:29 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Bill Scannell <bill () scannell org> Date: September 8, 2004 12:18:04 AM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: (Gilmore vs. Ashcroft) DOJ Wants Secret Justice -- Gilmore Fights Back
Dave,Lawyers for John Gilmore filed their opposition to a Department of Justice
attempt to file a secret brief in a case that involves secret law. The case, Gilmore vs. Ashcroft, is now before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. DOJ filed a motion last Friday asking the Court's permission tofile their arguments in secret, allowing only the judges to read their full
brief. DOJ is trying to distract the Court and the public from the realissue in the case, which is whether or not American citizens can travel in
their own country without official government paperwork. Their method of distraction: secret law.In a sharply-worded objection to the government's motion, Gilmore's lawyers
stated that the government's "extreme cry for secrecy, preventing even plaintiff’s counsel from being privy to their legal arguments becauseplaintiff’s counsel does not meet defendants’ self defined 'covered persons who have a need to know' criteria, is disturbing and illustrates the dangers
of secret law." The DOJ motion and Mr. Gilmore's opposition can be downloaded at: http://www.papersplease.org/gilmore/legal.html ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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