Douglas Caddy Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Latest legal brief filed by Jefferson Morley in his Freedom of Information lawsuit in Morley v. CIA seeking documents connected to the JFK assassination. http://jfkfacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Reply-Brief-for-Appellant-150730.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Neal Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Latest legal brief filed by Jefferson Morley in his Freedom of Information lawsuit in Morley v. CIA seeking documents connected to the JFK assassination. Douglas, Do I understand correctly that the current status of Morley's FOIA is that the court has made the decision that CIA MUST turn over the requested documents, and even though CIA is legally required to do so, they are simply refusing to follow the law? Thanks for any info! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Blank Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Latest legal brief filed by Jefferson Morley in his Freedom of Information lawsuit in Morley v. CIA seeking documents connected to the JFK assassination. http://jfkfacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Reply-Brief-for-Appellant-150730.pdf and we were promised transparency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) Tom: I have not followed closely enough the long-running developments in Jefferson Morley's case to be in a position to answer your question adequately. Here, however, is a link to the article that contains more complete news about the significance of the recent legal brief that Morley's lawyer filed in the case. http://jfkfacts.org/assassination/news/the-latest-legal-brief-in-morley-v-cia/#more-19916 Edited October 7, 2015 by Douglas Caddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Neal Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I have not followed closely enough the long-running developments in Jefferson Morley's case to be in a position to answer your question adequately. Here, however, is a link to the article that contains more complete news about the significance of the recent legal brief that Morley's lawyer filed in the case. http://jfkfacts.org/assassination/news/the-latest-legal-brief-in-morley-v-cia/#more-19916 Douglas, Thank you for that link. That brings me right up to date, and it also included some facts that I was unaware of. I wondered how I could possibly have missed it until I noticed the Oct 5th date. Apparently it was posted after I checked the site! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) This particular dispute is about who should pay Morley's court fees. See, the government is supposed to pay the plaintiff fees, win or lose if the material is in the public interest. It appears that this particular judge is disputing that. The previous case that Lesar is referring to is I think a case he brought for Bill Davy on some Garrison/Shaw files. I think Jim won that. But this particular judge if trying to deny Morley the same precedent. That is bad of course since it will discourage future cases by Lesar. Since not many researchers can afford him on their own. Edited October 8, 2015 by James DiEugenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon G. Tidd Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I understand the judge's position is that the information Morley sought and obtained is not "in the public interest." IMO, the judge is wrong. That Joannides had a residence in New Orleans in the year 1963, something the CIA did not want to reveal, is clearly a matter of public interest. It goes to whether the CIA was managing the interaction between Oswald and anti-Castro Cubans. I hope Morley appeals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Yes, I agree. But you would be surprised at how many of these judges today are so biased in favor of CIA. Its a bit scary really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Neal Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I understand the judge's position is that the information Morley sought and obtained is not "in the public interest." IMO, the judge is wrong. That Joannides had a residence in New Orleans in the year 1963, something the CIA did not want to reveal, is clearly a matter of public interest. It goes to whether the CIA was managing the interaction between Oswald and anti-Castro Cubans. Joannides was assigned as the go-between for the HSCA and CIA. To do so, CIA had to lie to Blakey et al regarding Joannides duties at the time of JFK's assassination. Even Blakey says that if he had known who he actually was, he would have been testifying under oath, not deciding what CIA information the HSCA was not allowed to see. If the judges were doing their jobs, they would admit that ANY info re "George" is in the public interest. Why it's almost as if they didn't want us to know what our own government was up to 50 years ago... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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