NYC judge rejects release of CIA materials to ACLU

[cory777]

Source: AP

A federal judge on Thursday refused to force the public release of CIA methods relating to Sept. 11 detainees who were interrogated harshly, saying the judiciary's authority is limited when national security is at stake.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected arguments by the American Civil Liberties Union that it should be able to force the CIA to release names and documents related to the detainees if the methods used by the agency were illegal.

He said to do so would "confer an unwarranted competence to the district court to evaluate national intelligence decisions."

The judge said releasing the documents requested by the ACLU would provide operational details about the application of various interrogation techniques in various circumstances for a particular detainee.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2010/07/15/D9GVQ5O80_us_cia_interrogations_lawsuit/index.html

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[underpants]

1. It's bad for businesss

Sorry wrong thread- that is the OTHER lame excuse right behind "national security"

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

"...judiciary's authority is limited when national security is at stake."

Damn

[No Elephants]

3. "Don't expect me to know where the legal line is. I'm only a federal judge."

Non-reviewable Exective law and treaty violating. Chief Justice Marshall just got dizzy spinning in his grave.

Clinton appointee, another "graduate" of a NYC corporate law firm. A really mixed bag on the bench.

[Festivito]

4. We really should re-write the Constitution to put security BEFORE justice.

Instead of putting the establishment of justice first and as well, connected to forming a more perfect union.

Who needs a we when I've got a me!

end of sadly sarcastic rant.

[Iowa]

5. K&R. Outrageous. So now we really have only two branches of government...

When we need the judiciary the most, they don't have the "authority".

We may as well go back to a monarchy and be done with it.