The News (New Glasgow)

Attorney general sues to get records

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TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas is suing the federal government to obtain documents related to planning by President Barack Obama’s administra­tion to move prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Fort Leavenwort­h. Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court in Kansas against the U.S. Department of Defence. Schmidt’s office filed a freedom of informatio­n request in December and said in the lawsuit it has not received any records.

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