U.S. Loses Bid to Stop Turnover of CIA Records

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The U.S. government lost a bid on Monday to block civil rights groups from obtaining CIA (news - web sites) records of its internal investigation into abuse of detainees held by U.S. forces in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites).

In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied a government motion aimed at stopping an earlier order to turn over documents.

The decision was made in a lawsuit brought against the government by the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) and other groups for what they said was the illegal withholding of records about U.S. military abuse of prisoners held in Iraq, the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba and other locations.

The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, charged that the CIA and other federal agencies failed to comply with a Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, request filed by the groups in October 2003 and May 2004. The FOIA allows citizens access to public federal records.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1896&u=/nm/20041220/us_nm/security_abuse_dc_1&printer=1

[gottaB]

1. Let's rate it up!

[juliagoolia]

2. Maybe we can finally find out where the BUCK ends up at. n/t

[ogradda]

3. i can smell the smoke coming

from the shredders even as i type this.

[NYC]

5. I'm sure you are correct,

but good for Alvin Hellerstein.

[woodsprite]

4. It's a 4.9 right now. n/t

[LynnTheDem]

6. Has bush got something to HIDE???

:D

[mctrotter5]

7. Important news..DU this site.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1896&u=/nm/20...

[Swamp Rat]

10. Link gone

What was the article about?

[nashville_brook]

15. document not found n/t

[mctrotter5]

8. I am going to double my contribution to the ACLU! They are

doing the work that MSM gave up on.

[Just Me]

9. Good Lawd!!! You gotta' know this will be appealed all the way to,...

,...SCOTUS!!!

GREAT WIN FOR THE ACLU!!! :bounce:

Man,...there have been so many suits brought by the most valuable NPO/NGOs and individual citizens during the reign of neoCONfascist terror!!! They all encourage me to keep the faith as an American!!

Talk about "PATRIOTS"!!!!

[acmavm]

11. 4.82 w/26 votes 5:48 p.m. CST

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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. Another reason why Bushco does not like lawyers...

(Unless they're on the Bushco payroll)

[Just Me]

13. Corporatists/fascists always reject lawyers,...

,...who fail to do the bidding of corporate/fascists.

"Justice" is something to be held ONLY by corporate/fascists,...not applied equally to human beings.

Surely, you know that,...:bounce:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

14. Justice is not for those to be judged...

I think I just made that up?



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