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[Rick Faurot]

DOJ Asks Court for Secrecy In Suit
Case Challenges ID Requirement
Associated Press
Monday, September 6, 2004; Page A09
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5 -- The Justice Department has asked an appellate court to keep its arguments secret for a case in which privacy advocate John Gilmore is challenging federal requirements to show identification before boarding an airplane.

..."We're dealing with the government's review of a secret law that now they want a secret judicial review for," one of Gilmore's attorneys, James Harrison, said in a telephone interview Sunday. "This administration's use of a secret law is more dangerous to the security of the nation than any external threat." ...

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