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Judge Orders More Gitmo Papers Unsealed
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Department of Defense to release documents detailing mistreatment or disciplinary action taken against detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other information sought by The Associated Press.

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff gave the government a week to provide the news organization with the information despite government claims that doing so would violate detainees' privacy. "The public interest in disclosing government malfeasance is well-established," the judge wrote in saying that the AP had demonstrated the need.
The public interest is also served by not disclosing information that might comfort our enemies, but the judge evidently didn't consider that.
David A. Schulz, who argued the case for the AP, called the judge's decision "a resounding victory for the public's right to know."

Posted by: Steve White 2006-09-21
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