NY judge orders release of CIA 'torture' documents

Source: Salon

NY judge orders release of CIA 'torture' documents


Mar 27th, 2009 | NEW YORK -- A judge has given the CIA a month to begin releasing documents related to the destruction of videotapes of detainee interrogations.

Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan federal court says the CIA should start turning over the information and a list of witnesses to the American Civil Liberties Union within 30 days or explain why the agency should be exempt.

The judge reviewed the CIA documents and on Friday gave the agency until April 9 to produce a schedule for releasing them.

An ongoing criminal probe is exploring why the CIA destroyed videotapes in 2005 that document new harsh questioning techniques.



Read more: http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/us/2009/03/27/D976N5600_cia_videotapes_aclu/index.html

At this point, I'm grateful for rotten tomatoes.....


.......it means someone is listening and gives a damn.

simply producing the documents. It is disappointing that Obama has not kept his promise of transparency and already released all of these documents.

When has anyone ever even been charged with shredding documents?

I would think these interrogations were broadcast live feed via encrypted transmission to the Pentagon or CIA. I would think they would have copies of all this in their massive computer archives.

Videotape, what is this, 1980? Bah!

After the Abu Ghraib photos that were ordered to be released a year ago.

:popcorn:

The full declassified version of the report is 200 pages, contains 2,000 footnotes, and will reveal a plethora of new information about the genesis of the Bush administration's interrogation policies. The investigation relied upon the testimony of 70 people, generated 38,000 pages of documents, and took 18 months to complete. The declassified version of his report will include a full account of the roles military psychologists played in assisting the Bush administration implement a policy of torture.

Fixed Noise = always a day late and a brain short!

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New York Judge Orders Release of CIA 'Torture' Documents
The judge reviewed the CIA documents and on Friday gave the agency until April 9 to produce a schedule for releasing them.
FOXNews.com - Saturday, March 28, 2009 - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/28/new-york-judge-orders-release-cia-torture-documents/


The CIA has one month before it must begin releasing reports documenting its destruction of videotapes of detainee interrogations as part of an investigation into its prisoner questioning practices, a federal judge in New York City ruled.

The CIA should start turning over the information and a list of witnesses to the American Civil Liberties Union within 30 days, Judge Alvin Hellerstein said Friday in Manhattan federal court

Otherwise, the agency must explain why it should be exempt from doing so. .............

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Going back a week: CIA Has 3,000 Docs on Torture Tapes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5303329

Is this more of the same propaganda that says Americans are not capable of torture?