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Court: US Does Not Have to Disclose Army School Trainees
Source: Associated Press
Court: US Does Not Have to Disclose Army School Trainees
By SUDHIN THANAWALA, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Sep 30, 2016, 4:27 PM ET
The Defense Department does not have to disclose the names of foreign students who attend a U.S. Army school whose predecessor trained South American military officials linked to massacres and other crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that disclosing the names of students at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy that could expose the students to violence.
The majority opinion said isolated cases in which the U.S. government admitted human rights abusers to the school would be insufficient to show negligence.
"DOD has presented evidence that disclosing the names of WHINSEC students and instructors would put them at risk of harassment, retaliation, or even death," Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta wrote for the majority.
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The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning, Georgia, succeeded the U.S. Army School of the Americas, which opened in 1946 to train military personnel in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
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By SUDHIN THANAWALA, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Sep 30, 2016, 4:27 PM ET
The Defense Department does not have to disclose the names of foreign students who attend a U.S. Army school whose predecessor trained South American military officials linked to massacres and other crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that disclosing the names of students at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy that could expose the students to violence.
The majority opinion said isolated cases in which the U.S. government admitted human rights abusers to the school would be insufficient to show negligence.
"DOD has presented evidence that disclosing the names of WHINSEC students and instructors would put them at risk of harassment, retaliation, or even death," Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta wrote for the majority.
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The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning, Georgia, succeeded the U.S. Army School of the Americas, which opened in 1946 to train military personnel in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/court-us-disclose-army-school-trainees-42482787
