December 10, 2004

I Have Been Cited In A Case Against John Ashcroft More

This is rather old (and I just found out), but I thought I mention it. The Project on Government Oversight cited an entry I wrote in a motion they filed against John Ashcroft. At issue is a letter that I published on my website that is now classified.


Yesterday, the watchdog group Project on Government Oversight (POGO), which is based in Washington, D.C., independently sued Attorney General John Ashcroft for the actions the FBI took in Edmonds' case. POGO is seeking to post the Senate letters on its own website, but believes it is barred from doing so. The documents at issue were attached as part of Edmonds' court filing. No action will occur in the POGO lawsuit for at least two months.
The excerpt that I published is still up. The original letter from Senator Patrick Leahy's website looks like this.
posted by Sullivan 20 years ago
  • Hehe.
  • Welcome back, Sullivan.
  • Oh, great, Sully. Now we'll have jackbooted thugs kicking in our doors 'cause, like, we all hang out at the same board and stuff. And since, like, moneyjane and chrominance (or whatever) are Canadian, we'll all get lumped in the with terra'ists, and like, the Pentagon's gonna get all Guantanamo on us, and dude, I don't wanna die or something. Seriously, if someone's gonna stick it to the man, much better if one of our monkeys has a part in it.
  • Nice one, Sully. Good to see you. Did you get contacted by anyone asking you to take the excerpt down?
  • Silence reality by making dissent illegal. Neato.
  • Yay Sullivan! When dissent is outlawed, only outlaws will dissent.
  • That last link has been taken down.
  • Nice to see you again, Sully. It's a shame that, given these events, we won't be seeing you again for quite some time...
  • He'll be fine. I gather the service at Guantanamo bay is excellent.
  • THERE you are sully. i emailed to say hey awhile back, you must have been busy spreading dissent. we've missed you!
  • Good to see you back!
  • Dammit, I'm too late to register for dissent. Are the links cached? Welcome back, sully.
  • Hey there Sully. Glad to see someone with guts saying what needs to be said. Let me know if you need a cake and a file.
  • That last link has been taken down. That was the whole point in linking to it. SideDish, I didn't get your email.
  • WaPo still has the full letter posted. *Cough* If anyone wants to email Atrios or Josh Marshall ...
  • welcome back, sully. while you're in cuba, try to get me one of those "i was disappeared to guantanamo bay and all i got was this stupid orange shirt and dengue fever" t-shirts. thanks in advance.
  • Sully, I trust you will flee to the Peoples Republic of Canada (where you know several dozen MonkeyFites will let you sleep on their couches) before the Department of Fatherland Security comes to take you away. The MonkeyFilter Underground Railroad... a great idea, as long as tracicle doesn't mind never visiting the U.S.ofA. again...
  • Heh, I figure my January trip is a test run. But somehow I figure if Matt can travel safely, I have nothing whatsoever to worry about.
  • Nice to see you back, Sullivan. And you brought presents!
  • Monkeyfilter: a great idea, as long as tracicle doesn't mind never visiting the U.S.ofA. again
  • Another twist in the Sibel Edmonds story.
  • Typical.