School of the Americas Watch vs. U.S. Department of Defense http://www.soaw.org/news/news-alerts/4038-soa-watch-vs-the-pentagon
Human rights activists petition court to have DOD release names of students of infamous U.S. military training school Wednesday, February 13, 20139:00 AM Court Session with Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton U.S. Courthouse, Courtroom 3, 1301 Clay Street (at 14th St.)Oakland, California The attorneys and plaintiffs will be available for interviews following the hearing....San Francisco residents and School of the Americas Watch activists, Judith Liteky and Theresa Cameranesi, will appear in U.S. Federal Court on February 13 on a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Defense to disclose the names and military units of foreign students and instructors attending the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, a U.S. military training school located at Fort Benning, Georgia, at U.S. taxpayer expense.
The U.S. Department of Defense has denied Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests by School of the Americas Watch for the names of WHINSEC students and instructors for the years 2004-2010. For the years 1946-2003 the names had always been released when requested. The names are the basis of the SOA Watch database and the means of citizen oversight of the record of SOA/WHINSEC graduates. (See: http://www.soaw.org/about-the-soawhinsec/soawhinsec-grads ) [ed notes;ill check with it(soawatch) later to see the results,wich i will not be surprised at when they dont win.They wont release it because DOD biggest fear is the disclosure of soa graduates [[[coming from arab world!(that list has to remain sealed under wraps i would imagine,especially since beggining of us sponsored arab spring,to shield their clients in g.c.c.)]]]