NYT- (Former DOJ emp) Adviser in Lindh Case Sues Justice Dept.

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ASHINGTON, Oct. 28 - A former Justice Department lawyer who says she was forced out of her job in 2002 after raising legal and ethical objections over the handling of the John Walker Lindh case in Afghanistan sued the department on Thursday for taking "illegal retaliatory actions" against her.

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In a federal lawsuit, the lawyer, Jesselyn Radack, accused Justice Department officials of destroying internal e-mail messages that spelled out her concerns about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's interrogation of Mr. Lindh after he was captured with the Taliban in late 2001.

Justice Department officials declined to comment on the lawsuit. They have previously defended both the department's interrogation of Mr. Lindh and its treatment of Ms. Radack.

At the time of Mr. Lindh's celebrated capture, Ms. Radack was working as a legal adviser in a Justice Department office that counseled federal prosecutors on issues of professional responsibility and ethics. She said she had received an inquiry from a federal prosecutor in December 2001 about whether the bureau could seek to interview Mr. Lindh after his father had retained a lawyer for him in California.

more: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/politics/29justice.html