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Wilner v. NSA

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Wilner v. NSA
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Full case name Thomas Wilner, et al. v. National Security Agency and Department of Justice
ArguedOctober 9, 2009
DecidedDecember 30, 2009
Citation592 F.3d 60
Case history
Prior history1:07-cv-03883, 2008 U.S. Dist. Lexis 48750, 2008 WL 2567765 (S.D.N.Y. June 25, 2008)
Court membership
Judges sittingJosé A. Cabranes, Debra Ann Livingston, Edward R. Korman
Case opinions
MajorityCabranes, joined by unanimous

Wilner v. NSA, 592 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 2009), was a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Thomas Wilner and fifteen other lawyers who represented Guantanamo captives against the United States National Security Agency.[1][2][3]

The lawyers argued that the NSA, through its warrantless wiretap program, had violated their attorney-client privilege.[1][2][3] They referred to the January 18, 2006 lawsuit CCR v. Bush, and called the NSA's response "inadequate". They assert that while the Government had released 85 pages of documents they had withheld another 85 that the law obliged them to release.

The other lawyers participating in the suit are:

Thomas Wilner
Jonathan Hafetz
Gitanjali S. Gutierrez
Michael J. Sternhell
Jonathon Wells Dixon
Joshua Colangelo-Bryan
Brian J. Neff
Joseph Margulies
Scott S. Barker
Anne Castle
Jim Dorsey
Asmah Tareen
Richard A. Grigg
Thomas R. Johnson
George Brent Mickum IV
Charles H. Carpenter
Stephen M. Truitt

References

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  1. ^ a b Mike Rosen-Molina (May 19, 2007). "Ex-Guantanamo lawyers sue for recordings of client meetings". The Jurist. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
  2. ^ a b "Wilner v. NSA". The Jurist. Archived from the original on May 23, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Wilner v. NSA" (PDF). Center for Constitutional Rights. June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
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