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Court: man accused of Chicago bomb attempt cannot see secret intelligence records
CHICAGO – A federal appeals court in Chicago has reversed a trial court’s ruling that granted attorneys of a man accused of trying to ignite a bomb in Chicago unprecedented access to secret intelligence court records.
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an unusually quick ruling Monday just a week after oral arguments in a case that touches on surveillance issues raised by one-time government contractor Edward Snowden.
The reversal is a victory for the government. The appeals court says that letting Adel Daoud’s lawyers see the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court records could damage national security.
Defence lawyers said the only way they can guarantee their client a fair trial was allowing them to see the FISA documents.
The 20-year-old Daoud denies trying to ignite a bomb in Chicago in 2012.
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