In Re Grand Jury Proceedings

OPINION

KELLEY, District Judge.

The United States, acting through the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), has petitioned this Court to make public substantial amounts of grand jury material generated in connection with a now-completed investigation into the accounting practices of America Online, Inc. (“AOL”). Because the government has not shown a particularized need for the grand jury materials it seeks released, the petition is DENIED. However, DOJ may provide to its counterparts at the SEC reports of the proffer sessions that prosecutors…