Government
Apr. 1, 2011
Circuit Slaps Federal Judge for Threatening to Release Secret FBI Data
Southern California Islamic groups seeking to learn whether they were under federal surveillance may have been stonewalled by the FBI, but that didn't justify a judge's threat to disclose sensitive information, a 9th Circuit panel held.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Southern California Islamic groups seeking to learn whether they were under federal investigation and surveillance may have been stonewalled by the FBI, but that didn't justify a federal judge's threat to disclose sensitive information, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Wednesday.
The case dealt with the tension in an open society between the citizenry's right to know what its ...
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