30.08.2017 - 21:32 [ Techdirt ]

Gov‘t Must Pay Legal Fees In Court Battle Over ‚Secret‘ Drone Docs Gov‘t Couldn‘t Stop Talking About

The government will be paying its opponent‘s legal fees after needlessly drawing out FOIA litigation, the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court has decided [PDF]. The First Amendment Coalition sued the Department of Justice after it refused to produce documents discussing the legal rationale for extrajudicial drone strikes targeting American citizens.