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Article: Justice Department Lawyers Refuse Detainee Cases; Some lawyers in the civil appeals division object to the government's policies on Guantanamo Bay.
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- August 30, 2007
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Byline: Emma Schwartz
The government's legal arguments justifying the detention of hundreds of people at the Guantanamo Bay naval base have been repudiated three times by the U.S. Supreme Court. But it's not just outsiders who take issue with the U.S. Justice Department strategy: Up to one fourth of the department's own civil appellate staff has recently opted out of handling the detainees' appeals, two sources familiar with the matter tell U.S. News.
These conscientious objectors--their exact number is not known--have decided not to take part in the government's litigation against the detainees because of disagreements with the legal approach, these ...