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Lawyer sues Justice in Lindh case

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A former Justice Department lawyer has filed suit saying she was forced out after questioning the interrogation of a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan.

The lawyer, Jesselyn Radack, says she raised legal and ethical questions about the interrogation of John Walker Lindh in Afghanistan after the man's father had retained a lawyer in the United States, and the department has taken "illegal retaliatory actions" against her, The New York Times reported.

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The suit also accuses department officials of destroying internal e-mail messages about the FBI's interrogation of Lindh after he was captured with the Taliban in late 2001, the paper said.

Justice Department officials earlier denied any material was destroyed, but have declined to comment on the lawsuit.

At the time Lindh was captured, Radack was working as a legal adviser in an office that counseled federal prosecutors on issues of professional responsibility and ethics.

Lindh eventually pleaded guilty to supporting the Taliban and received a 20-year sentence.

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