IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 1263

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF UNCLASSIFIED, PROTECTED RETURN by GEORGE W. BUSH (Palmer, Joseph)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE DISTRICT OF COLUM B I A ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

M is c . No. 08-442 (TFH) C iv il Action No. 05-CV-1983 (RM U )

I N RE: G U A N T A N A M O BAY D E T A I N E E LITIGATION

N O T I C E OF SERVICE OF UNCLASSIFIED, PROTECTED FACTUAL RETURN N O T IC E is hereby given that Respondents have served upon counsel for the petitioner, via e-mail, the unclassified factual return for petitioner Ismael Ali Bakush, ISN 708, which respondents seek to have designated as "protected information" pursuant to the protective order entered herein by the Court's Order of September 11, 2008. Respondents are conferring with counsel in an attempt to reach an agreement regarding the designation of the information prior to filing a motion with the Court; following the ou tcom e of that conferral, respondents will file an appropriate motion with the Court to ha ve the information designated as "protected." Respondents, however, do not object to petitioner's counsel sharing the u ncla ssified factual return with the petitioner-detainee in this case.

D a ted: December 12, 2008

R espectfu lly submitted, G R E G O R Y G. KATSAS A ssista nt Attorney General J O H N C. O'QUINN D epu ty Assistant Attorney General

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/s/ Joseph F. Palmer JOSEPH H. HUNT (D.C. Bar No. 431134) V IN C E N T M. GARVEY (D.C. Bar No. 127191) T E R R Y M. HENRY A N D R E W I. WARDEN P A U L E. AHERN J O S E PH F. PALMER A t to r n ey s U nited States Department of Justice C ivil Division, Federal Programs Branch 2 0 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. W a shington, DC 20530 T el: 202.305.0633 F a x: 202.616.8470 A ttorn eys for Respondents

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