More than a dozen news organizations, including CNN, have asked the presiding judge to unseal the full record.

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Motions by the New York Times, Dow Jones and Bloomberg to unseal the case were dismissed by Rakoff earlier this year.

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Washington-based group Judicial Watch has asked a court to unseal the documents.

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The prosecution is also arguing against the release of further records, saying hundreds of people still need to be interviewed -- whether again or for the first time -- and that it is too premature to unseal the records.

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The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Providence Journal and the National Catholic Reporter had asked the judge to unseal the documents, saying they could shed light on the Legion's operations and there was no justification to seal them.

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