A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is blocking a joint request from the Justice Department and the defense lawyers for a group of former Blackwater security guards to keep sealed hundreds of pages of transcripts from hearings that led to the dismissal of charges.

Judge Ricardo Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the joint request in a one-page order Friday.

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