[Excerpt: "The CIA shall search and review in response to plaintiffs' FOIA requests," Hellerstein said....He said the law does not provide "an excuse whereby the CIA may avoid" production of the documents....The FBI has already turned documents over to the ACLU following a similar suit by the civil rights organization.]
http://64.236.16.116/2005/LAW/02/02/cia.documents/index.html Judge: CIA must release detainee documents ACLU wants records on treatment of those held in terrorism war >From Terry Frieden CNN Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Posted: 5:36 PM EST (2236 GMT) (CNN) -- A federal judge Wednesday rejected a CIA request to stay an order requiring the release of its documents on detainees and prisoners held in the fight against suspected terrorists. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in New York again supported the American Civil Liberties Union demand that the CIA produce its records concerning the "treatment of detainees in United States custody," the "death of detainees in United States custody," and the "rendition of detainees and other individuals" to countries known to employ torture. Hellerstein, of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, ruled in September that the Freedom of Information Act required the CIA to produce the records. But the agency sought a stay, claiming documents in its "operational" files are exempted from search and identification. "The CIA shall search and review in response to plaintiffs' FOIA requests," Hellerstein said. He said the law does not provide "an excuse whereby the CIA may avoid" production of the documents. The FBI has already turned documents over to the ACLU following a similar suit by the civil rights organization. The ACLU and its allies have alleged that those documents show the government approved and was aware of abuse of detainees. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
