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Justice Seeks to Seal Information on Its Own Leak

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· Story link The Justice Department is fighting in court to keep secret a government report that concludes it leaked…

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The Justice Department is fighting in court to keep secret a government report that concludes it leaked confidential and damaging information about a prosecutor it had removed from a high profile terrorist case. Justice says disclosing the report, which reaches no conclusion on who leaded the information, would violate the privacy of some 30 prosecutors investigated. (1/17/07)

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