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CIA Must Provide Records On Detainees In ACLU FOI Case

From the ACLU, Court Orders CIA to Comply With Request For Torture Records and the New York Times, A.C.L.U. Gains in Its Quest for C.I.A. Documents on Detainees.

  • American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Plaintiffs, Opinion and Order Denying Application by CIA for Stay of FOIA against Obligation to Search and Review Department of Defense, et al., 04 Civ. 4151 (February 2, 2005) (PDF). Judge Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein writes: “I hold that defendant CIA has failed to satisfy the statutory prerequisites for invoking the operational files exemption (Central Intelligence Agency Information Act, 50 U.S.C. 431 et seq), and hence may not avoid the requirements imposed by FOIA…”
  • More information on the ACLU lawsuit can be found on this website.
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