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Federal judge grants lawyers security clearance in ex-DEA agent civil suit

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the government to grant security clearance to lawyers on both sides of the civil suit brought by former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Richard Horn. In ruling on the government's attempt to exert privilege, Judge Royce Lamberth questioned the logic of denying a client's attorney access to the same information the client possesses. Lamberth also chastised the government for its attempts to do read more

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on August 28, 2009 (boomark / email).