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CLEARED FOR PUBLIC FILING
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
____________________________________ ) MAHMOUD ABDAH, et al., ) ) Petitioners, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 04-1254 (HHK) (AK) ) GEORGE W. BUSH, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) ____________________________________)
PETITIONERS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RE RESPONDENTS’ MOTION TO REVIEW ILLEGALLY SEIZED PAPERS
In response to Respondents’ motion to create a “filter team” to review papers seized from
Petitioners in June, Petitioners contend that no further review of their papers may be allowed be-
cause the seizure was illegal. Petitioners also object to Respondents’ proposal to create a “filter
team” to review the seized documents. (Dkt. No. 173.)
On July 28, 2006, the Court of Appeals issued an order in the Jefferson case that confirms
the invalidity of Respondents’ “filter team” proposal. In its order, the Court of Appeals rejected
a plan, proposed by the government and approved by the District Court, to create a government
“filter team” to review potentially privileged documents seized by the government under a search
warrant in a criminal investigation of Representative William J. Jefferson. See United States v.
Rayburn House Office Bld’g, Room No. 2113, Washington, D.C. 20515, No. 06-3105, slip op. at
1–2 (D.C. Cir. July 28, 2006) (attached as Exhibit A) (“Jefferson Order”).
The government’s warrant application in Jefferson, approved by the District Court, “set
forth a set of ‘special search procedures’ to be used in an effort to ‘minimize the likelihood that
any potentially politically sensitive, non-responsive items’ would be disclosed,” and to “prevent
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investigators and members of the Prosecution Team from obtaining documents or files ‘that may
fall within the purview of the Speech of Debate clause . . . or any other pertinent privilege.’” In
re Search of the Rayburn Office Bldg. Room No. 2113, Washington D.C. 20515, No. 06-0231 M-
01, slip op. at 3 (D.D.C. July 10, 2006) (attached as Exhibit B). Such procedures were to include
the use of a “Filter Team” to determine “first whether each document was responsive, and sec-
ond whether it fell within the purview” of any pertinent privilege. Id. Non-responsive docu-
ments were to be returned to Representative Jefferson, while potentially privileged documents
were to be copied, logged, provided to the Congressman’s counsel, and submitted to the District
Court for a final determination of privilege. Id. at 3–4. Copies of documents that the Filter
Team determined to be responsive and unprivileged were to be provided directly to the Prosecu-
tion Team. Id. at 4.
On the Congressman’s emergency motion for stay pending appeal, the Court of Appeals
rejected these review procedures and remanded the case to the District Court with instructions to
exclude the government from the review process altogether. Under the Court’s July 28, 2006
order, (1) the District Court is to direct a judicial officer or special master to provide copies of all
documents to Representative Jefferson; (2) the Congressman is to submit to the District Court ex
parte any claims that specific documents are privileged; (3) the District Court is to review the
Congressman’s claims of privilege in camera; and (4) the government is “enjoined from review-
ing any documents or records seized from Congressman Jefferson’s office” pending further order
of the Court of Appeals. Jefferson Order, slip op. at 1.
The “filter team” proposal advanced by Respondents here is virtually identical to that re-
jected by the Court of Appeals in Jefferson. See Dkt. No. 173, at 9–12 (July 7, 2006). Under the
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Court of Appeals’ order, if the Court reaches the issue, Respondents’ “filter team” proposal here
should likewise be rejected.
Dated: Washington, D.C. July 31, 2006
Respectfully submitted, /s/ David H. Remes David H. Remes D.C. Bar No. 370782 COVINGTON & BURLING 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20004 [email protected] 202-662-5212 (tel) 202-778-5212 (fax) Marc D. Falkoff D.C. Bar No. 491149 NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW 2166 Broadway #12A New York, NY 10024 347-564-5043 (tel) 917-441-0904 (fax)
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