Govt Drops Case vs Journalist Who Exposed TWA 800

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Umm, got that backwards in the subject. What they did was fail to respond to his case against the government. Doh!

edit: here, he says it better:

The United States government has declined to respond to the Sanderses' summary judgment motion – "Rule 56.1 Statement." Incredibly, by so declining, U.S. Attorney Kevin Cleary has conceded that the Sanderses' 32 damning charges against his clients cannot be rebutted.

In so conceding, the Justice Department tacitly acknowledges that, yes, the TWA Flight 800 investigation has been corrupted and, no, we are not prepared to contest this fact.

In sum, Cleary has thrown in the towel on a case that ranks among the most egregious violations of a reporter's constitutional rights in the history of American journalism.
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The story makes quite a leap in assuming the govt. has conceded all the points asserted by petitioners; as interesting as they are. They (the govt.) could just as easily be supremely confident that the judge will dismiss the motion, without having to waste the effort to respond...
 
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