Saturday, December 27, 2008

Students sue FBI, CIA for Pearl records

Students trying to find out who killed reporter Daniel Pearl have sued the FBI and CIA to get records the students allege the U.S. agencies illegally withheld.

The Georgetown University students, some of whom have already graduated but are continuing with the Pearl Project, say they hope their lawsuit will unearth documents or new sources in time for them to finish their final paper next spring.

Their assignment, begun in 2007, was to investigate Pearl's death and write the story he was reporting when he was kidnapped.

"It's not only a really personal story ... but a story really pertinent to current events and, well, to humanity," Rebecca Tapscott, a 2008 graduate, told The Washington Post.

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