CIA Fights Full Release Of Detainee Report

From The Washington Post:

The CIA is pushing the Obama administration to maintain the secrecy of significant portions of a comprehensive internal account of the agency's interrogation program, according to two intelligence officials.

The officials say the CIA is urging the suppression of passages describing in graphic detail how the agency handled its detainees, arguing that the material could damage ongoing counterterrorism operations by laying bare sensitive intelligence procedures and methods.

The May 2004 report, prepared by the CIA's inspector general, is the most definitive official account to date of the agency's interrogation system. A heavily redacted version, consisting of a dozen or so paragraphs separated by heavy black boxes and lists of missing pages, was released in May 2008 in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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My Comment: The White House is going to comply the CIA request .... I am sure that there is enough information in this report that would compel everyone to keep it secret.

U.S. Defense Department To Release Abuse Photos, ACLU Says

ACLU staff attorney Amrit Singh said "these photographs provide visual proof that prisoner abuse by US personnel was not aberrational but widespread, reaching far beyond the walls of Abu Ghraib". Photo: AFP/GETTY

Defense Department to Release Photos Showing Detainee Treatment in Iraq, Afghanistan -- FOX News

The Department of Defense announced late Thursday that at least 44 photos depicting treatment of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan will be released.

The Department of Defense -- on the heels of the firestorm over the release of Bush-era memos on CIA interrogation techniques -- said Thursday it plans to make public at least 44 photos depicting potentially abusive treatment of detainees at prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The decision to release the photos was announced Thursday in a letter filed in a federal court in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2004.

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More News On The Release Of Photos Showing Detainee Abuse

ACLU: Pentagon to release images of prisoner abuse -- AP
Defense Department to release abuse photos, ACLU says -- CNN
U.S. Military To Release Prisoner Photos -- MSNBC
U.S. to reveal alleged prison abuse photos -- L.A. Times
Obama administration to release photos showing alleged abuses by U.S. troops -- Chicago Tribune
US to release photographs of alleged abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan -- The Telegraph