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ACLU v. Department of Defense - Complaint (4/17/2008)

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Description: A lawsuit to enforce a Freedom of Information Act request filed in 2006 requesting the release of all records relating to deaths, suicide attempts and homicide attempts at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay since 2002. This lawsuit follows a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents that include records relating to four specific detainee deaths from 2006 and 2007, which the government categorized as suicides.
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