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    1. Breaking/exclusive: Biden to issue an executive order blocking $7 billion in Afghan central bank funds under his emergency powers — & tell a court 9/11 victims can get half while steering the rest to humanitarian relief etc spending for the Afghan people. nytimes.com/2022/02/11/us/politics/taliban-afghanistan-911-families-frozen-funds.html?referringSource=articleShare
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    DOJ filed "statement of interest" w/ OFAC license to put $3.5B of DAB assets into a trust for benefit of Afghans. Says now that those funds are regulated by an OFAC license a court should rule they aren't eligible for writ of attachment by 9/11 victims./1 int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/usg-statement-of-interest-dab-assets-havlish-doe/cbc6788de125cbd2/full.pdf
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      The "statement of interest" says 9/11 victims should get "full opportunity" to make the case they can seize the remaining funds to pay off compensatory (but not punitive damage awards against the Taliban under the standards of a law called TRIA./2
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        Flags that in trying to meet those standards, the court cannot declare the Taliban the govt of Afghanistan or deem Afghanistan a state sponsor of terrorism -- both executive branch prerogatives./3
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          Notes that for now there's only the Havlish plaintiffs (plus a smallish non-9/11 case called Doe) in the mix but there are many similar 9/11 victim plaintiffs groups with default judgments trying to get their money damage awards in a row. Takes no position on priority among them.
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