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Issuance of Passports to Aliens to Facilitate "Sting" Operation by State Department Inspector General
The Department of State has authority to issue passports to aliens for the purpose of facilitating a "sting" operation conducted by the Department of State Inspector General. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24171/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit