02-11-2009, 05:18 PM
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More change?
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwa...ets/index.html
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Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on 'Extraordinary Rendition' Lawsuit
The Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.
A source inside of the Ninth U.S. District Court tells ABC News that a representative of the Justice Department stood up to say that its position hasn't changed, that new administration stands behind arguments that previous administration made, with no ambiguity at all. The DOJ lawyer said the entire subject matter remains a state secret.
This is not going to please civil libertarians and human rights activists who had hoped the Obama administration would allow the lawsuit to proceed.
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[A] lawyer for the government, Douglas N. Letter, made the same state-secrets argument on Monday, startling several judges on the panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
?Is there anything material that has happened? that might have caused the Justice Department to shift its views, asked Judge Mary M. Schroeder, an appointee of President Jimmy Carter, coyly referring to the recent election.
?No, your honor,? Mr. Letter replied.
?The change in administration has no bearing?? she asked.
?No, your honor,? he said once more. The position he was taking in court on behalf of the government had been ?thoroughly vetted with the appropriate officials within the new administration,? and ?these are the authorized positions,? he said.
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