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Wife of Ex-Spy Says CIA Blocked Her From Lawyer
By DAVID POMERANTZ
Special to the Sun
July 9, 2007
The wife of a former spy is accusing the CIA of blocking communication between her and her lawyer about a suit she filed against the intelligence agency in 2006.
In a brief filed in a Manhattan federal court on Friday, the wife of a former covert CIA official, identified in the heavily blacked-out case only as Jane Doe, says the agency violated the attorney-client relationship by prohibiting her lawyer from contacting her by phone or e-mail. Ms. Doe sued the CIA last April for denying her medical coverage and forcing her and her family to live in a foreign country after her husband was fired from the agency .
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"What became really strange about this case is that I wasn't able to file a substantive brief to challenge the CIA's classification or state secret privilege argument because I could not have a conversation with my client," Mr. Zaid, who has made a career of defending covert officials against the government, said.
The case follows a trend in which the Bush administration has used the state secrets privilege to defend the government against private lawsuits.
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By DAVID POMERANTZ
Special to the Sun
July 9, 2007
The wife of a former spy is accusing the CIA of blocking communication between her and her lawyer about a suit she filed against the intelligence agency in 2006.
In a brief filed in a Manhattan federal court on Friday, the wife of a former covert CIA official, identified in the heavily blacked-out case only as Jane Doe, says the agency violated the attorney-client relationship by prohibiting her lawyer from contacting her by phone or e-mail. Ms. Doe sued the CIA last April for denying her medical coverage and forcing her and her family to live in a foreign country after her husband was fired from the agency .
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"What became really strange about this case is that I wasn't able to file a substantive brief to challenge the CIA's classification or state secret privilege argument because I could not have a conversation with my client," Mr. Zaid, who has made a career of defending covert officials against the government, said.
The case follows a trend in which the Bush administration has used the state secrets privilege to defend the government against private lawsuits.
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Emphasis mine. Still NO accountability.
