Senate Report On Cia Interrogations Shadows Gitmo Trials, Could Complicate Declassification
By STEPHEN BRAUN and BEN FOX | Associated Press |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The planned release of portions of the Senate report on the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques could add to the legal complications facing the long-delayed U.S. military tribunals of terrorist suspects at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Intelligence officials head up the declassification process to remove any sensitive references, but the Pentagon will also have a key role, according to two U.S. officials familiar with planning for the report's review. The Defense Department has received copies of the still-secret summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report and expects to provide its own assessment of the material to White House and intelligence officials, the officials said.
A Defense official said "compromise of intelligence sources and methods" is one of the key reasons for the Pentagon's role. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss publicly how the report was being reviewed.
Even limited disclosures from the Senate's 400-page summary on the CIA's harsh treatment of al-Qaida operatives in "black site" prisons abroad could further roil the military trials. The declassification move, ordered by President Barack Obama after the Senate panel approved the summary's release last month, also may add to pressures in federal court for release of the entire 6,200-page report, legal experts said.
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