I have heard that there was a lawsuit filed, maybe by the ACLU. Nathan, who is an NLG VP, would know more than I. It is hard to file lawsuits unless you know who the prisoners are and they agree to let you represent them. That is also a problem with the detainees from Sept 11, can't file a habeas petition unless you know in whose name and they agree. You can seethe point in general--you wouldn;t want random lawyers using you asa plaintiff without knowing you or your consenting. At the same time, this creates problems with a lawless govt like our own that is willing to disappear people and hold them incommunicado. jks
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I should explain why this is fascinating to me. My draft case got me interested in law and I had to go to Boalt Law Library and look up the case background as part of it (under direction from the CO org helping me--I lost). So, I got real interested since the health of my ass was in question. Then I worked for a disability rights advocacy group, and was later involved in several law suits over equipment manufacturers. And for some strange reason I know a lot of lawyers in wheelchairs.
In any event, the US disappeared have relatives wives, mothers, brothers, fathers, they belonged to organizations (non-terrorist), went to school, had jobs, so among that collection are interested parties with a right to petition the court and who know they have been taken. The FBI has probably scared them to death, but even so, they exist, and have interest.
Chuck Grimes
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