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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci
(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Re: ANN: Press Conference

Date: November 02, 1998

PRESS RELEASE
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 2, 1998

Suing the CIA on behalf of Vietnam War POWs

Subject: Roger Hall, Plaintiff v. Central Intelligence Agency
Elaine P. English, Attorney - Civil Action No. 98-1319 PLF

A Press Conference will be held at the Army and Navy Club, Washington Room 901 17th St., NW, Washington, DC on Monday, November 9, 1998, at 2:35 P.M.

On May 28, 1998, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case was filed in US District Court for the District of Columbia, 3rd St. and Constitution Ave., NW. 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 US District Court to allow us to take discovery to identify the POW/MIA information and require the CIA to expand its document search.

Address: Army and Navy Club 901 17th St., NW, Washington, DC
Tel: 202/628-8400

CONTACT: Roger Hall, Researcher/Plaintiff - Tel: 301/585-3361
The room is reserved courtesy of the National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition.