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Leonard Peltier Legal Update - June 2007 -U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Eighth Circuit


A Message from the Leonard Peltier Legal Team:

On June 8, 2007, we filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth
Circuit an appellate brief asking the Court to review and release some
11,000 pages of documents related to the investigation and prosecution of
Leonard Peltier. The FBI continues to withhold those documents, claiming
that their release would violate promises of confidentiality made to
informants and would, incredibly, endanger the national security of the
United States. In our brief, we argue that the FBI's promises to its
informants expired long ago, and were waived when those informants testified
publicly. We also assert that the virtually unprecedented public interest in
the case of Leonard Peltier warrants careful judicial review of the withheld
documents. In addition, we demonstrate that the FBI's historic misconduct in
this case, coupled with its continued misrepresentations about Peltier's
case, shows sufficient bad faith to require the most searching inquiry into
any claims of privilege.
Leonard Peltier Legal Team
Ron Kuby and David Pressman

A Message from the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee:

In the history of the American criminal justice system, there are few cases
that have attracted as much attention, uncovered as much abuse of power, or
raised as many questions amongst citizens of this country and abroad, as the
prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment of Leonard Peltier. Leonard
Peltier has been wrongfully incarcerated for over thirty years. Public
concern and moral outrage over the pattern of misconduct that led to
Peltier's conviction persists.

On June 8, 2007 attorneys for Leonard Peltier, Ron Kuby and David Pressman
have filed the following brief with the United States Court of Appeals for
the Eighth Circuit. This action, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), is designed to answer fundamental questions and address widespread
public concern about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's conduct in
Peltier's case.

Please click here for copy of appellate brief for the US Court of Appeals
for the Eight Circuit ( filed June 8, 2007) :

  <http://leonardpeltier.net/documents/Brief5.pdf>
http://leonardpeltier.net/documents/Brief5.pdf


Respectfully,
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

Website:  <http://www.leonardpeltier.net> www.leonardpeltier.net

Email:  <mailto:info at leonardpeltier.net> info at leonardpeltier.net

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