IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 1247

NOTICE of Filing Respondents Opposition to Petitioners Motion for Leave for Discovery by GEORGE W. BUSH, DONALD RUMSFELD, JAY HOOD, NELSON J. CANNON (Prince, Robert)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION HANI SALEH RASHID ABDULLAH, et al., Petitioners, v. GEORGE W. BUSH, et al., Respondents. NOTICE OF FILING RESPONDENTS' OPPOSITION TO PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR LEAVE FOR DISCOVERY Respondents have submitted to the Court Security Officer for filing Respondents' Opposition to Petitioner's Motion for Leave for Discovery in the above-captioned case. The opposition contains information that is classified. Accordingly, it has been filed with the Court Security Officer pursuant to the relevant protective order entered in this case. Civil Action No. 05-0023 (RWR)

Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH)

Dated: December 12, 2008

Respectfully submitted, GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General JOHN C. O'QUINN Deputy Assistant Attorney General /s/ Robert J. Prince JOSEPH H. HUNT (D.C. Bar No. 431134) VINCENT M. GARVEY (D.C. Bar No. 127191) TERRY M. HENRY ANDREW I. WARDEN PAUL AHERN DAVID P. AVILA ROBERT J. PRINCE (D.C. Bar No. 975545) Attorneys United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530 Tel: [phone] Attorneys for Respondents

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