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Monday, August 30, 2004

The Memory Hole > Justice Department Censors Supreme Court Quote

The Memory Hole > Justice Department Censors Supreme Court Quote: "The Justice Department tipped its hand in its ongoing legal war with the ACLU over the Patriot Act. Because the matter is so sensitive, the Justice Dept is allowed to black out those passages in the ACLU's court filings that it feels should not be publicly released.

Ostensibly, they would use their powers of censorship only to remove material that truly could jeopardize US operations. But in reality, what did they do? They blacked out a quotation from a Supreme Court decision:"

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