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A court document unsealed on Friday revealed that United States District Court for the Central District of California Otis Wight ordered the re-arrest of former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov because the judge found it “likely” that he would try to flee the country. The order, which was described by Just Security legal reporter Adam Klasfeld as “wild,” states that “it has come to this Court’s attention that counsel for [Smirnov] has sought an emergency hearing… to arrange the release of Defendant Smirnov, likely to facilitate his absconding from the United States.” An earlier court decision…

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