[IP] (Gilmore vs. Ashcroft) DOJ Wants Secret Justice -- Gilmore Fights Back

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Scannell <bill@scannell.org>
Date: September 8, 2004 12:18:04 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: (Gilmore vs. Ashcroft) DOJ Wants Secret Justice -- Gilmore 
Fights Back

Dave,

Lawyers for John Gilmore filed their opposition to a Department of 
Justice
attempt to file a secret brief in a case that involves secret law.

The case, Gilmore vs. Ashcroft, is now before the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals. DOJ filed a motion last Friday asking the Court's permission to
file their arguments in secret, allowing only the judges to read their 
full
brief.

DOJ is trying to distract the Court and the public from the real
issue in the case, which is whether or not American citizens can travel 
in
their own country without official government paperwork.

Their method of distraction: secret law.

In a sharply-worded objection to the government's motion, Gilmore's 
lawyers
stated that the government's "extreme cry for secrecy, preventing even
plaintiff’s counsel from being privy to their legal arguments because
plaintiff’s counsel does not meet defendants’ self defined 'covered 
persons
who have a need to know' criteria, is disturbing and illustrates the 
dangers
of secret law."

The DOJ motion and Mr. Gilmore's opposition can be downloaded at:

http://www.papersplease.org/gilmore/legal.html

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