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Judge rejects BC on IRA recording

By Travis Andersen

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 17, 2011

A federal judge yesterday rejected a motion by the trustees of Boston College to quash subpoenas to turn over recordings of a former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and other items to British law enforcement officials investigating crimes including murder and kidnapping. In the 48-page ruling, however, Judge William G. Young did not order the college to immediately turn over the materials to federal prosecutors in Boston, who issued the subpoenas on behalf of British authorities.

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