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  • July 2008

    • Secret Justice Memo Bares CIA Torture Defense

      newser  |  CNN  |  22 hours, 17 minutes ago

      Secret Justice Memo Bares CIA Torture Defense

      The Bush administration advised the CIA in 2002 that its agents would not be prosecuted on anti-torture legislation as long as they professed an "honest belief" that their actions would not cause severe pain and anguish, CNN reports. The memo is one of three made public by the ACLU, and the rights group says they prove the Justice Department essentially sanctioned torture. More »

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      Department of Justice  • CIA  • torture  • ACLU  • Freedom of Information Act

  • June 2008

    • White House Emails Can Stay Missing: Judge

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 16, 08 8:08 PM CDT

      White House Emails Can Stay Missing: Judge

      Records on millions of missing White House emails can stay secret after all, a federal judge ruled today. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rejected a watchdog group's lawsuit, saying the records are kept in an agency exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. A probe, lawsuit, and appeal are all pending in the battle over emails that vanished mysteriously last year. More »

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      George W. Bush  • White House  • Freedom of Information Act  • watchdog  • federal judges  • ruling

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • CIA 'Gulled' Court on Torture Tapes, Says Judge

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 18, 08 5:25 AM CST

      CIA 'Gulled' Court on Torture Tapes, Says Judge

      A federal judge said he suspects the CIA lied to his court about tapes showing the harsh interrogations of two al-Qaeda leaders, the New York Times reports. The CIA claims no records exist concerning the tapes, which were destroyed in 2005. But the judge, currently deciding a Freedom of Information Act request concerning the videos, says that's not credible. “I just can’t accept it,” said Manhattan Judge Allen Hellerstein. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • CIA  • torture  • ACLU  • Freedom of Information Act  • Abu Zubaydah  • interrogation tapes  • Abd al Rahim al Nashiri

  • December 2007

    • WH Told to Reveal Visitor List

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 17, 07 7:36 PM CST

      WH Told to Reveal Visitor List

      Who stops by the White House or Dick Cheney's place is a matter of public record, a district court judge ruled today, blocking the Bush administration's attempts to keep visitor logs sealed. Liberal watchdogs had argued the information is covered by the Freedom of Information Act, while President Bush had ordered the records turned over to the White House—which now has 20 days to open records. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Bush administration  • White House  • James Dobson  • Jerry Falwell  • Freedom of Information Act  • Gary Bauer  • White House visitors

    • NASA Forced to Open Up on UFO Incident

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 10, 07 10:20 AM CST

      NASA Forced to Open Up on UFO Incident

      A court has ordered NASA to release info relating to a UFO sighting 42 years ago in Kecksburg, Pa. Several witnesses say they saw the crash of a large object, which soldiers then carted off. The Chicago Tribune probes the case, in which a freelance journalist sued NASA under the Freedom of Information Act after the agency repeatedly stalled in releasing documents related to the incident. More »

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      NASA  • Freedom of Information Act  • UFO sightings

  • October 2007
  • August 2007
  • June 2007

    • Veil of Secrecy Descends on White House

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 1, 07 8:36 AM CDT

      Veil of Secrecy Descends on White House

      The White House wants records of top officials' meetings to be secret, and the latest attempt to put a lid on that information raises questions about privacy, confidentiality, and the definition of presidential records, the AP reports. This week's revelation of the vice president's effort to restrict record-keeping at his residence is just the latest volley in an ongoing battle. More »

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      Bush administration  • White House  • privacy  • Freedom of Information Act  • Republican Congress

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