DOE v. WEINBERGER

No. 86-5395.

820 F.2d 1275 (1987)

John DOE, Appellant, v. Caspar WEINBERGER, Secretary, Department of Defense, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard P. Bienvenu and John G. Gill, Jr., Rockville, Md., for appellant.

Freddi Lipstein, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. and Barbara L. Herwig, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, BORK and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

Is an employee of the National Security Agency (NSA) entitled to a hearing under 5 U.S.C. § 7532 before being fired from his job even though a security clearance is a prerequisite for employment at the agency and the agency has revoked his clearance pursuant to statutory authority under 50 U.S.C. §§ 831-32? We hold that Congress did not intend its delegation of authority to...

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