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FASCIST STATES OF AMERICA: Judge Issues Stay on Detainees' Names Case
washingtonpost.com -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Bush administration does not have to immediately reveal the names of those detained in the investigation of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued a stay of her earlier order to give government lawyers more time to appeal. Kessler said the stay will remain in effect until a federal appeals court has ruled in the matter. That could take months. On Aug. 2, Kessler gave the Justice Department 15 days to release the names, ruling that federal attorneys had not proven the need for a blanket policy of secrecy for more than 1,200 people picked up since the attacks. The government informed the court of its intention to appeal last week, arguing in documents that Kessler had missed the point about keeping the names secret. Kessler rejected the government's contention that the terrorist group al-Qaida would be tipped to how much progress investigators had made if the detainees' names were released. She said al-Qaida already would be aware its operatives in the United States were missing. In granting the stay Thursday, she offered no estimation of the government's chance of success in appealing her ruling.

posted by West 1:17 PM