U.S. Argues to Keep Names of Detainees Secret
"The Justice Department argued before a federal appeals panel today that disclosing the names of hundreds of people arrested on immigration charges after the September 2001 attacks would help terrorists of Al Qaeda figure out how the government was conducting its antiterrorist campaign."
At issue was U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler's ruling in August that "the minimum requirements of democracy obliged the government to disclose who it arrested." The lawsuit was brought by "a broad coalition of civil liberties groups challenging the government's refusal to release the names of those arrested for immigration violations as part of the terrorism investigation."
You can read Judge Kessler's 45 page opinion here.
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