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Pakistan spy agency implicated in May murder of journalist

donal brown July 6, 2011

The Obama administration has evidence that senior officials in Pakistan’s Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence ordered an attack on a journalist, Saleem Shahzad, who had written critical stories about the infiltration of militants in the military. Shahzad was the 37th journalist killed in Pakistan since 9-11. -db From The New York Times, July 4, 2011, by Jane Perlex and Eric Schmitt with reporting from Mark Mazetti. Full story

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Student seeking Opus Dei records from CIA

donal brown June 6, 2011

A Ph.D. student is suing the Central Intelligence Agency to obtain its research into the conservative Catholic group, Opus Dei claiming that the agency could not withhold records over 30 years old that would not compromise national security if released. The student is researching the U.S. role in the Franco regime in Spain where Opus Dei was active. CIA released 200 pages in response to the request but refused to confirm or deny the existence

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Federal court says FBI and CIA must produce documents on Oklahoma City bombing sought under FOIA

donal brown May 19, 2011

A federal judge has ordered the FBI and CIA to to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request filed by a attorney seeking documents on the  Oklahoma City bombing. After the bombing, the attorney’s  brother, who sported a dragon tattoo similar to that of an unidentified accomplice in the bombing, was detained in federal prison.  Authorities said he committed suicide in solitary confinement. -db From the Courthouse News Service, May 18, 2011, by Jonny

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Open government group plans to sue for photos of Osama bin Laden’s dead body

donal brown May 9, 2011

Judicial Watch is filing a request under the Freedom of Information act to obtain photos of Osama bin Laden after he was shot dead in a CIA raid in Pakistan. Judical Watch president Tom Fitton says the public’s right to know outweighs President Barack Obama’s reasons for withholding the photos, “We are prepared to sue if they don’t respond as they are supposed to under the law. I have not heard anything from the president

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Public interest group sues CIA for violating FOIA

donal brown March 1, 2011

National Security Counselors of Virginia has filed three lawsuits against the Central Intelligence Agency for its failure to comply with the Freedom of Information Act. The violations include failing to provide unclassified information and treating all training materials, guidelines and reference materials provided by CIA FOIA analysts as exempt regardless of content. -db From a commentary in Unredacted, February 28, 2011, by Nate Jones. Full Story

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