On Monday, April 3, 2023, Yale Law School Veteran Legal Clinic filed a lawsuit on behalf of Connecticut Veterans Legal Center and the Stronghold Freedom Foundation demanding an answer from the Department of Defense regarding Freedom of Information Act requests that have been ignored more than 200 days. The information we are seeking is critical in our efforts to help veterans who are facing serious and devastating health issues due to exposure to toxic materials at the “K2” base in Uzbekistan from 2001-2005. As Alison Weir, CVLC Executive Director states:

“It is unfathomable that the Department of Defense is continuing to obstruct the public’s right to information that is directly impacting the health and lives of people who have served our country, but Connecticut Veterans Legal Center has unfortunately seen it time-and-time again. We are proud to fight beside SFF to obtain this critical information and ensure K2 veterans have access to the healthcare they earned and deserved.”

• Read the full press release here.
• Read more about the press conference from our friends at WSHU here.
• CBS News has been following this story closely. You can view and read their most-recent report, which includes coverage of the new lawsuit here.

Thank you to US Senator Richard Blumenthal for joining us in this fight to secure truth for these veterans and to Michael Wishnie, William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School and to the YLS Veterans Legal Clinic for their ongoing excellent representation. We are proud to have both Sen. Blumenthal and Michael as members of CVLC’s Advisory Board for many years.