Title:  TELEVISION STATION LOSES BID TO HAVE MATERIAL OPENED UP
Type:  Newspaper article
Publication:  Las Vegas Review-Journal
Date: January 23, 1996

A Las Vegas television station on Monday lost a bid to unseal material 
connected to a lawsuit against government officials filed by former 
workers at the U.S. Air Force operating location near Groom Lake.

U.S. District Judge Philip Pro rejected a motion by KLAS-TV, Channel 8, 
to unseal the transcript of and documents related to a June 20 hearing 
regarding the litigation.

Despite the setback, Pro granted the station's request for status as a 
legitimately interested party in the case for purposes of challenging 
his orders. 

The station had also sought edited versions of the documents, saying 
national security could be protected without such a sweeping sealing of 
all material.

Pro, in his order, agreed with an idea that the military had proposed - 
that edited versions of the documents be provided after the litigation 
had been completed.

The workers claim they suffered various injuries as a result of exposure 
to hazardous wastes at the base, 35 miles west of Alamo.

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