Charlie Savage reported in The Times that there is wide agreement in the administration "that it is lawful to target Mr. Awlaki," but disagreement about the basis for requesting dismissal of the lawsuit.
On Thursday, Agios issued a statement saying taht Penn had "filed its separate lawsuit only after Agios requested dismissal of the Abramson Institute suit on several grounds, including that Penn, as an interested party, was absent from that suit," adding, "Both of these suits are without merit and Agios believes it has done nothing wrong".
The sexual assault charges against Samuel were dropped the following March after "the complaining witness... requested dismissal," according to a copy of a court order from the 243rd District Court of El Paso County.
But his first move was to request the dismissal of a top anti-corruption prosecutor who was investigating senior members and supporters of the ruling coalition.
The injunction is still in place, though on Wednesday she gave the department and the State of Arizona 10 days to formally request its dismissal.
In rejecting the city's request for dismissal, Judge Scheindlin rightly pointed out that the suit, brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights, raises issues of great public concern.
Earlier in the day Thompson had made a last-ditch effort to save the prosecution by having the district attorney removed from the case before he could request its dismissal.
The department's announcement that it would not oppose a defense request for dismissal cleared the way for the judge, Leonie M. Brinkema, to throw out the case against Mr. Moussaoui as early as Friday.
In her opinion, Justice Mary Lou Robinson disagreed, granted the government's request for dismissal and charged all court costs to Mr. Greenstreet, adding that hopefully, litigants like Mr. Greenstreet will be unwilling to pay to harass the government in the future.
Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the Southern District of New York has asked for oral arguments on two of the motions: the producers' request for dismissal of one of Ms. Taymor's copyright claims, over her original three-page script treatment for the musical, and a request by the show's original producing company, Hello Entertainment, to be removed from the case.
