Wilner v. NSA

Wilner v. NSA
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Full case name	Thomas Wilner, et al. v. National Security Agency and Department of Justice
Argued	October 9, 2009
Decided	December 30, 2009
Citation	592 F.3d 60
Case history
Prior history	1:07-cv-03883, 2008 U.S. Dist. Lexis 48750, 2008 WL 2567765 (S.D.N.Y. June 25, 2008)
Court membership
Judges sitting	José A. Cabranes, Debra Ann Livingston, Edward R. Korman
Case opinions
Majority	Cabranes, joined by unanimous

Wilner v. NSA, 592 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 2009), was a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Thomas Wilner and fifteen other lawyers who represented Guantanamo captives against the United States National Security Agency. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The lawyers argued that the NSA, through its warrantless wiretap program, had violated their attorney-client privilege. ^{[1] [2] [3]} They referred to the January 18, 2006 lawsuit CCR v. Bush , and called the NSA's response "inadequate". They assert that while the Government had released 85 pages of documents they had withheld another 85 that the law obliged them to release. The government, for its part, issued a Glomar response, refusing to affirm or deny the existence of the requested documents for reasons of national security. ^[4]

The other lawyers participating in the suit are:

• Thomas Wilner
• Jonathan Hafetz
• Gitanjali S. Gutierrez
• Michael J. Sternhell
• Jonathon Wells Dixon
• Joshua Colangelo-Bryan
• Brian J. Neff
• Joseph Margulies
• Scott S. Barker
• Anne Castle
• Jim Dorsey
• Asmah Tareen
• Richard A. Grigg
• Thomas R. Johnson
• George Brent Mickum IV
• Charles H. Carpenter
• Stephen M. Truitt

References

1. Mike Rosen-Molina (May 19, 2007). "Ex-Guantanamo lawyers sue for recordings of client meetings". The Jurist. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
2. "Wilner v. NSA". Center for Constitutional Rights. Archived from the original on May 23, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
3. "Wilner v. NSA" (PDF). Center for Constitutional Rights. June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
4. Kittichaisaree, Kriangsak (February 28, 2017). "Public International Law of Cyberspace". Springer. p. 112 – via Google Books.

External links

• Text of Wilner v. NSA, 592 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 2009) is available from: CourtListener Google Scholar Leagle