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Court sides with CIA, torture reports to stay secret
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of McClatchy News Service
Posted: May 31st, 2015
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/05/21/267440/court-sides-wit...
The CIA can keep secret a nearly 7,000-page Senate report on harsh interrogation methods, as well as an internal agency review. The complete 6,963-page report compiled by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [is] exempt from the dictates of the Freedom of Information Act, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg concluded. The Senate committee report, he reasoned, remained a document under congressional control, and Congress made sure to exempt itself from FOIA. Congress has undoubted authority to keep its records secret, authority rooted in the Constitution, longstanding practice, and current congressional rules, Boasberg stated. Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU National Security Project, voiced disappointment in the ruling. The Senate committee released a summary of the $40 million report last December, following years of back-and-forth.
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