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"Legal counsel for the ACLU would not give reasons for their rather unusual request, that all court proceedings occur only after nightfall. Equally odd was their insistance that no garlic be present in the courtroom. Strident complaints from ACLU head offices propted court security guards to be extra cautious when screening visitors through the Federal building metal detectors, being on the lookout for various articles made out of silver, particularly anything that could be used as a bullet, dagger, or arranged to look like a cross."