Government
May 18, 2020
ACLU not entitled to secret spy data, prosecutors say
The U.S. attorney's office and the American Civil Liberties Union are battling over sealing applications in the government's use of the Classified Information Procedures Act in a Southern Lebanese Muslim man's criminal case.
Federal prosecutors are upset the ACLU got information in a fraud case submitted under a procedure designed to exclude public access, arguing it will be used to further unfounded accusations that the government unlawfully spies on individuals.
The information relates to the government's use of the Classified Information Procedures Act, which was disclosed to Abdallah Osseily, a Lebanese Muslim man fighting fraud charges. The act is a...
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