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New lawsuit demands Office of Legal Counsel emails

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A new lawsuit is demanding public release of emails from the executive branch's go-to office for legal advice: the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.

The Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, filed on New Year's Day by a lawyer for Vice News reporter Jason Leopold, seeks emails from the accounts of three former top officials at OLC: Marty Lederman, David Barron and Virginia Seitz. Continue…

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Obama drones memo disclosure could change FOIA cases

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From Huffingtonpost:

Until last week, the Obama administration's official position was that it had never technically acknowledged the existence of a memo from the Office of Legal Counsel laying out the legal framework for the targeted killing of an American citizen.

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NFOIC joins groups calling on AG Holder to release memo justifying killing of al-Awlaki

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