District judge extends life-support for girl
OAKLAND, Calif. – A California judge on Monday ordered a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead to be kept on life support until Jan. 7.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo ordered Children’s Hospital Oakland to maintain Jahi McMath on a ventilator past the 5 p.m. Monday time that was set in a previous ruling.
The family wants to continue life support, saying there is hope for recovery.
Nailah Winkfield, the girl’s mother, said she wept when she heard about the ruling and hugged relatives outside the hospital.
She said the delay was an answer to her prayers and a sign that she was right to keep fighting.
“Who wants to know the date and the time their child would die?” she said. “I don’t care what anyone has to say about what I’m doing... I have to do what is right for me and for Jahi.”
ACLU sues to get information on spying
NEW YORK – A civil rights group sued the U.S. government Monday, saying various agencies have failed to provide adequate documents related to what it calls the sweeping monitoring of Americans’ international communications.
The American Civil Liberties Union said in the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan that its Freedom of Information Act requests since May had been largely ignored by the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice and the Department of State. It sought a court order to force the government to turn over information about the rules governing how it monitors the international calls and the emails of Americans.
The ACLU said it wants to learn what protections are given to Americans whose communications are monitored and whether they are legally sufficient. The lawsuit said legal standards and limitations are sought rather than operational details.
Associated Press
