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Sunday, April 24, 2005

From FAS' SECRECY NEWS April 22, 2005

MORE ON THE CLOSURE OF THE SIBEL EDMONDS HEARING

The DC District Court of Appeals agreed to release a public transcript of the unclassified portion of the closed hearing it held yesterday on the case of FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.

(A portion of the hearing was classified, during which the defense team was excluded and the government presented its arguments.)

What remains unexplained is exactly why the hearing was closed in its entirety.

"I think the court closed the thing out of a certain conservatism caused by confusion about how to proceed," one informed observer speculated. "I get the feeling they're trying, but just don't know what to do."

"While within a court's power to close an oral argument, it certainly is odd -- especially odd without a motion from a litigant and without explanation."

See "Court Of Appeals Abruptly Closes Hearing To The Public" by Rebecca Carr, Cox News Service, April 21:

http://coxnews.com/cox/news/Rebecca_Carr/story/9121

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