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| '''Jed S. Rakoff''' (born 1943) is a noteworthy [[United States District Court]] Judge.<ref name=DoJ>
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| | url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1957
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| | title=Rakoff, Jed Saul
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| | publisher=[[US Department of Justice]]
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| | accessdate=2007-10-26
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| ==Education==
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| Rakoff attended [[Swarthmore College]] (BA 1964), [[Oxford University|Oxford]] (M. Phil 1966), [[Harvard University|Harvard]] (J.D. 1969).<ref name=DoJ/>
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| ==Career==
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| Rakoff was in private practice from 1970 to 1972.<ref name=DoJ/>
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| He was an assistant U.S. attorney from 1973 to 1980. He returned to private practice in 1980 before being appointed to the bench in 1995.
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| ==Recent notable cases==
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| ===Worldcom===
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| On July 7 2003 Rakoff approved a [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] judgement against telecoummunication firm [[Worldcom]].<ref name=DoJ030707>
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| | url=http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-81.htm
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| | title=The Honorable Jed Rakoff Approves Settlement of SEC'S Claim for a Civil Penalty Against Worldcom
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| | publisher=[[US Department of Justice]]
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| | date=July 7 2003
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| | accessdate=2007-10-26
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| ===Impath===
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| Rakoff sentenced [[Anuradha D. Saad]], former CEO of [[Impath]], for [[fraud]].<ref name=NCGazette>
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| | url=http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/012306ImpathFraud.html
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| | title=Impath CEO Sentenced For Fraud
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| | publisher=[[North Country Gazette]]
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| | date=January 23 2006
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| | accessdate=2007-10-10
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| ===Associated Press v. DoD===
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| The Associated Press filed a request to force the [[US Department of Defense]] to reveal the identities of the [[List of Guantanamo Bay detainees|Guantanamo Bay detainees]].<ref name=Wapo060124>
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| {{cite news
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| | url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=iol1141464818568G535
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| | title=Partial list of Guantanamo detainees released
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| | publisher=[[Indendent Online (South Africa)]]
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| | author=[[Will Dunham]]
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| | date=March 4 2006
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| | accessdate=2007-10-10
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| }}</ref><ref name=FoxNews20060303>
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| {{cite news
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| | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186812,00.html | |
| | title=Timeline of Guantanamo Detainee Documents Lawsuit
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| | publisher=[[Fox News]]
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| | date=Friday, March 3, 2006
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| | accessdate=2007-10-10
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| }}</ref><ref name=TheAge20060404>
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| {{cite news
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| | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-Guantanamo-files/2006/04/04/1143916500334.html
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| | title=US releases Guantanamo files
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| | publisher=[[The Age]]
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| | date=April 4, 2006
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| | accessdate=2008-03-15
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| }}</ref><ref name=JtfGtmoPao20071029>
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| {{cite news
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| | url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/storyarchive/2007/07octstories/102907-2-oardec.html
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| | title=OARDEC provides recommendations to Deputy Secretary of Defense
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| | publisher=[[JTF Guantanamo Public Affairs]]
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| | author=Army Sgt. [[Sarah Stannard]]
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| | date=October 29 2007
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| | accessdate=2008-03-26
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| Rakoff's January 24 2006]] ruling obliged the DoD to officially make the detainees' identities public.
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| Rakoff's ruling resulted in the release of over 70 large [[portable document format]] files, containing over 600 transcripts from captives [[Combatant Status Review Tibunal]]s and [[Administrative Review Board (OARDEC)|Administrative Review Board hearings]].<ref name=OardecCsrtTranscripts20070904>
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| {{cite web
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| | url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_detainees_testimony.pdf
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| | title=Index for testimony
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| | author=[[OARDEC]]
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| | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
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| | date=September 4 2007
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| | accessdate=2007-09-29
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| }}</ref><ref name=OardecArb1Transcripts20070809>
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| {{cite web
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| | url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_1_transcripts_documents.pdf
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| | title=Index of Transcripts and Certain Documents from ARB Round One
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| | author=[[OARDEC]]
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| | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
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| | date=August 9 2007
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| | accessdate=2007-09-29
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| }}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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