Jul 20, 2010
Judge Declines to ‘Second-Guess’ CIA’s Refusal to Disclose Methods
The CIA may exempt from Freedom of Information Act disclosure materials that reveal intelligence sources and methods, even though they relate to the secret detention and interrogation program deemed illegal by the Obama administration in 2009, a New York federal judge has ruled, rejecting a claim by the ACLU and other plaintiffs. The ruling was the latest in a series in the six-year-old FOIA litigation on materials relating to the treatment of prisoners and rendition of detainees to countries that practice torture.