That's going too far says Gale Buchanan, a former under-secretary at the US Department of Agriculture, "My reaction to the document is: we have problems.

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However on the same day, Hayden Philips, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, said in a separate document that the department had "no financial cover" for the event.

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He was cited as an "absentee landlord" in a Justice Department document laying out reasons for the lawyers' dismissals.

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"Having considered the matter, the government adheres to its previously articulated position, " said a Justice Department document filed in federal court in Washington.

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