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"Justice Dept. snubs federal judge's ruling"

"Justice Dept. snubs federal judge's ruling": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "In a parting shot, the Bush administration's Justice Department shrugged off a San Francisco federal judge's order to make a classified document available to lawyers for an Islamic group challenging the legality of the outgoing president's secret wiretapping program. National security officials, not judges, must decide whether private citizens - even those with security clearances - are entitled to see classified material, Justice Department lawyers said in a filing Monday night."

And last night at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, David Kravets had a post titled "In Final Legal Act, Bush Appeals Spy Ruling." You can view Monday night's Justice Department filing at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on January 21, 2009 (boomark / email).