Legal Opinion
Associated Press v. United States Department of Defense
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 26, 2005No. 05 Civ. 3941(JSR)PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
RAKOFF, District Judge.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, the Associated Press seeks to ascertain the identities of the Guantanamo detainees who were involved in the proceedings before the military Tribunals created for the purpose of determining whether a given detainee is an enemy combatant. The Department of Defense opposes the release of such information, not on the grounds of national security, but, purportedly, in the interests of protecting the detainees’ privacy. While some might think it strange, even hypocritical, that the military…
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