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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTEASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION; )AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION )FOUNDATION; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ) Case No. 2:06-CV-10204UNION OF MICHIGAN; COUNCIL ON )AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS; ) Hon. Anna Diggs TaylorCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC )RELATIONS MICHIGAN; GREENPEACE INC.; ) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL ) DEFENSE LAWYERS; JAMES BAMFORD; ) LARRY DIAMOND; CHRISTOPHER ) HITCHENS; TARA MCKELVEY; and )BARNETT R. RUBIN, )

)Plaintiffs, )

)v. )

)NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL ) SECURITY SERVICE; AND LIEUTENANT ) GENERAL KEITH B. ALEXANDER, in his )Official capacity as Director of the National )Security Agency/Central Security Service, )

)Defendants. )

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DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Pursuant to Rules 12(b)(1), (b)(6), and 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

Defendants, through their undersigned counsel, hereby move to dismiss this action or, in the

alternative, for summary judgment. The bases for this motion are (1) that Plaintiffs cannot

establish the requisite standing to bring this action, and (2) that the assertion of the military and

state secrets privilege and other specified statutory privileges by the United States in this action

requires the exclusion of state secrets relevant to the resolution of Plaintiffs’ claims and that the

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unavailability of this information requires dismissal or the entry of summary judgment in favor of

Defendants.

Defendants’ arguments in support of this motion are set forth in the classified in camera,

ex parte and unclassified versions of Defendants’ Memorandum of Points and Authorities in

Support of the United States’ Assertion of the Military and State Secrets Privilege; and

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, Motion for Summary Judgment; and

Defendants’ Motion to Stay Consideration of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment

Memorandum of Points and Authorities, and in the declarations accompanying this motion,

including those submitted for in camera, ex parte review. See Defendants’ Notice of Lodging of

In Camera, Ex Parte Materials.

Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(a), undersigned counsel consulted with counsel for plaintiffs

on May 26, 2006, regarding the nature of the motion and its legal basis and requested but did not

obtain concurrence in the relief sought.

Respectfully submitted,

PETER D. KEISLERAssistant Attorney General

STEPHEN J. MURPHY, IIIUnited States Attorney

CARL J. NICHOLSDeputy Assistant Attorney General

JOSEPH H. HUNTDirector, Federal Programs Branch

s/ Anthony J. Coppolino ANTHONY J. COPPOLINOSpecial Litigation Counsel

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s/ Andrew H. Tannenbaum ANDREW H. TANNENBAUMTrial AttorneyU.S. Department of Justice, Civil DivisionP.O. Box 88320 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20044(202) 514-4782 (tel); (202) 616-8460 (fax)

Counsel for Defendants

DATED: May 26, 2006

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