The following annoucement sent in by Steve Golding
"On May 28, 1998 a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 3rd St. and Constitution Ave., N.W. This litigation against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is for the release of POW/MIA information that has been wrongfully withheld by this agency in violation of two Executive Orders and the FOIA. The case is being heard before Judge Friedman.
"The CIA has acknowledged: Over 500 documents have been withheld for national security reasons; 40,000 pages released by the Senate Select Committee POW/MIA Affairs in 1993 are still classified by the CIA. The CIA has even withheld the identification of the above documents by name, number, or description. This is part of what we seek.
"The CIA still withholds additional POW/MIA documents not yet admitted to. We have the evidence. We also have witnesses and will now ask the U.S. District Court to allow us to take discovery to identify the POW/MIA information and require the CIA to expand its document search.
"The reply to the court on the CIA case is being filed on Monday, November 30th. We are requesting the court to allow discovery. We are requesting to take depositions. This takes money. There has been a small response from the Veterans and activist community on backing the financial needs to make the case successful. A small number of individuals have given to help the case progress to this point. But this is case needs funding now.
"With all the help I have received getting the word out either most are not interested enough to put their money on the line on the POW disaster. It is just popular with some people to identify with the POW problem, others do not realize that lawyers take money and their help is needed. For years the activists and Veteran's had said they should be taken to court, now that that has happened it is observed but not supported.
Roger Hall can be contacted at: RHall8715@aol.com
To review court case, go to Court Case Part One of Three
