By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 17 – In ongoing lawsuit "In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001," originally filed in 2003, document sealing issues were debated on July 17, 2024. Inner City Press was there, thread:
...The FBI is arguing to keep some [PII] sealed, citing "law enforcement interests." Also cites Saudi Arabia asking for sealing.
Counsel: The FBI is seeking to redact the sames of people in the support network of the hijackers. And on phone numbers, the area codes and last four numbers should be released. Judge: The other 3 numbers could be reverse-engineered.
Judge: I have the information. Articulate to me, why should the general public have it?
Counsel: So people can assess the claims of Saudi Arabia
Judge: I don't think we can discuss this further in a public setting...
But how is Judge Daniels supposed to hear from the public? The docket provides no insight.
Back on September 29, 2021 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn held a telephone conference with Dubai Islamic Bank and others, about experts. Inner City Press live tweeted it, here.
The case is In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, 03-md-1570 (Daniels / Netburn).
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