The Justice Department lost its bid Thursday to delay the ACLU challenge
to the National Security Agency's data-collecting program as a federal
judge reminded government lawyers they were in a courtroom not a
marketplace.
"This is not a bazaar, it's a courtroom," the peeved U.S. District Judge William Pauley said before dismissing the federal government's request to reschedule.
Uncle Sam argued that it needed more time to declassify hundreds of documents.
Jameel Jaffer, representing the American Civil Liberties Union, argued that the government has demonstrated that it could declassify material quickly "when it wanted to."
Pauley ordered that motions be filed by Aug. 26, and that oral arguments will begin Nov. 1.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/25/59699.htm
"This is not a bazaar, it's a courtroom," the peeved U.S. District Judge William Pauley said before dismissing the federal government's request to reschedule.
Uncle Sam argued that it needed more time to declassify hundreds of documents.
Jameel Jaffer, representing the American Civil Liberties Union, argued that the government has demonstrated that it could declassify material quickly "when it wanted to."
Pauley ordered that motions be filed by Aug. 26, and that oral arguments will begin Nov. 1.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/25/59699.htm
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