Dr Emily Keram, a California-based psychiatrist who has assessed prisoners in the US and abroad at the request of US courts and lawyers, was acting on a request by Mr Aamer's legal representatives.
Mr. Polanski, 76, was taken into custody on a provisional arrest warrant after Swiss authorities received an official request from the United States Justice Department, which was acting on a request from the Los Angeles district attorney.
The commissioner, Richard Thomas, acting on a request made under the Freedom of Information Act, said his ruling was based on "the gravity and controversial nature" of Britain's decision to go to war and would not, as government officials have argued, set a "dangerous precedent" for releasing cabinet papers that have traditionally remained secret for 30 years.
Ms. Tolchin said social services officials had asked for details of Samaritan's operating budget before acting on its request.
The letter from attorneys in her office said they were acting on a request from California's DMV.
They were acting on a request from Italian cultural officials, who said that the intricately patterned gold bowl had been smuggled out of Sicily and sold illegally.
Today, Judge Sybil R. Moses of State Superior Court, acting on a request from Mr. Schuber for an injunction against the sheriff, said the work must continue.
Or even the powerful "Oh, pickles!" The Mobile County Commission, acting on a request from students who have formed no-cursing clubs at Lott and Semmes Middle Schools, has declared a daylong ban Monday on bad words.
The local authorities said they were acting on a request from Sweden, where the co-founder, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, faces a one-year prison term for violating copyright laws.
But another judge released him a day later pending the appeal, acting on a request by the same prosecutor who had just won the conviction, suggesting some high-level confusion over what should be done.
