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Mad libs

From a May 14, 2004, letter sent by the ACLU to Judge Victor Marrero, who is hearing the case of ACLU et ano. v. Ashcroft. The anonymous plaintiff is an Internet service provider that refused to comply with an FBI demand to supply information on its clients. The ACLU is legally bound not to disclose the redacted portions of their letter.

First, the government has proposed to redact all information that, in its view, [redacted]. Its arguments in support of these redactions, however, are unsupportable in light of the fact that the redacted complaint on the public docket makes clear that [redacted].

Second, the government seeks to redact any reference to the fact that it believes this case is of a [redacted] or that, in its view, this case raises questions of [redacted]. [Redacted] both the unredacted information in the complaint and the government's actions over the course of this litigation make clear that the government believes this case is [redacted] and that it [redacted]. Again, there is no justification for keeping these words from public view.

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SEE ALSO: American Civil Liberties Union; Career as judge; Privacy, Right of; Security classification (Government documents); Marrero, Victor

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