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[vgnwtch]

Judge: Navy Not Exempt From Sonar Ruling
Tuesday February 5, 2008 10:01 AM

By ANDREW DALTON

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) -The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that may harm whales, despite President Bush's decision to exempt it, a federal judge ruled Monday.

The Navy is not ``exempted from

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[vgnwtch]

It'll be embarrassing if the President decides to go for a head-on collision with the judge over this. Not that the man or his coterie of advisors have any shame.

[vgnwtch]

We'll see how this plays out. He could still give the go-ahead, but I wonder how well it would work politically to butt heads like this.