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Law Practice

Feb. 11, 2009

U.S. Attorneys Seek Rendition Case Dismissal

President Barack Obama's lawyers said Monday they won't change the Bush administration's legal strategy in a case over the extraordinary rendition and torture of terror suspects currently before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - President Barack Obama's lawyers said Monday they won't change the Bush administration's legal strategy in a case over the extraordinary rendition and torture of terror suspects currently before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

An assistant U.S. attorney said the prior Bush claim that the case must be dismissed on state secret grounds has been fully reviewed and approved by Attorney ...

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