CAUS Lawsuit

[Doug]

CAUS, Citizens against ufo secrecy has it,
day in federal court today in Phoenix, AZ.
There case CAUS VS DOD US dept.of Defence,
was heard in court by Federal judge Chief,
Stephen H Mcnamee by CAUS Attorney and,
Director Peter A Gersten. The judge,
reserved there right to keep the door open,
and not have the case dismissed outright.
TO read about CAUS lawsuit Against DOD go,
Here. http://www.caus.org/


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Doug
2-8-2000

 

[Peter Dolan]

I don't want to come across as a pessimist (rather be thought of as a realist), but there isn't a court in the US capable of making any Dept. within the FED. GOV. "come clean" about any topic which has been given the type of high classification that the UFO phenomenon has been given. This country doesn't have an Official Secrecy Act like England, but that's not to say "Official" secrets don't exist. They do and are classified above the extent of the judicial system. If and when such "Official" secrets are disclosed, it's at the discretion of the FED. GOV. and not the judge's gavel.

 

[Peter Dolan]

This follow up is taken from the P3N Bulletin of the ParaNorml News Network: "Federal Judge Dismisses UFO Lawsuit:" A federal judge in Phoenix has granted the government's request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of UFO activists for information about a very unusual triangular-shaped aerial object. In Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS) v. Department of Defense (DoD), Chief U.S. District Court Judge Stephen M. McNamee, in an 8-page decision, has ruled that the DoD had conducted a reasonable search even though it did not find any information. In his decision, Judge McNamee stated "this case is not one over the existence or non-existence of UFO's, but whether the government has conducted a reasonable search regarding information on specific aerial modes of transportation. A fruitless search is immaterial if Defendant can establish that it conducted a search reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents requested for by Plaintiff. Defendant has met its burden by providing sufficiently detailed affidavits for the Court to conclude that a reasonable search was conducted in responding to Plaintiff's FOIA request for documents. Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate substantial doubt regarding the reasonableness of the search. Therefore, Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is granted." CAUS attorney, Peter A. Gersten, stated he is considering an appeal of the Court's decision.

[This message has been edited by Peter Dolan (edited April 08, 2000).]