US must name Sept 11 terror suspects, judge rules

The US government must reveal the names of those held in the investigation of the September 11 attacks, a federal judge has ruled, rejecting claims terrorists could use the information to plot new crimes.

The Justice Department had not justified a blanket policy of secrecy about more than 1,000 people picked up since the attacks, US District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled yesterday. She gave the government 15 days to provide the names.