An attorney seeking the release of records on the alleged 20th Sept. 11 hijacker, who is being held in Guantanamo Bay, told a federal appellate panel Wednesday that the government’s justification for withholding images of Mohammed al-Qahtani is so broad as to be meaningless under the Freedom of Information Act.
Lawrence Lustberg argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that generalized fears by the Department of Defense and other agencies that releasing images of al-Qahtani could incite anti-American violence and inhibit cooperation in terrorism investigations were too vague.
