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Senate moves to back Obama in barring release of torture photos

donal brown October 12, 2009

A senate Committee voted to amend the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill to include language to allow the Secretary of Defense to withhold photos of detainees who had undergone torture. -DB The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 8, 2009 By Miranda Fleschert Barring the release of photos depicting abuse of detainees in U.S. custody was again the subject of a legislative amendment in the U.S. Senate this week when language that supports President

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Obama administration wants national security exemption in federal shield law

donal brown October 2, 2009

The Obama administration wants the federal shield law now in Congress to force reporters to disclose confidential sources who leak national security information. -DB The New York Times October 1, 2009 By Charlie Savage WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration has told lawmakers that it opposes legislation that could protect reporters from being imprisoned if they refuse to disclose confidential sources who leak material about national security, according to several people involved with the negotiations. The

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Federal judge rules CIA cannot be forced to release documents related to destruction of 9/11 interrogation videotapes

donal brown October 1, 2009

The Associated Press September 30, 2009 By Larry Neumeister Agreeing with CIA Diretor Leon Panetta, a federal judge said that national security concerns override other issues in upholding the CIA’s right to keep secret their methods of getting information from uncooperative detainees. The American Civil liberties Union is seeking the documents related to interrogations of 9/11 detainees that used harsh methods. They said that President Obama had already declassified the interrogation program and that the

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National security classification may find reasonable term limits

donal brown September 30, 2009

For the first time, a presidential administration has said that no information may remain classified indefinitely, raising hopes that after no more than 50 years government records would be automatically declassified and intelligence records no more than 75 years from date or origin. -DB Secrecy News Federation of American Scientists CommentarySeptember 29, 2009 By Steven Aftergood “No information may remain classified indefinitely,” according to a draft of an Obama Administration executive order on national security

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Obama to announce new policy on state secrets

donal brown September 23, 2009

The Obama administration is expected to make it harder for the government to invoke a “state secrets” claim when asked about such activities as rendition, wiretaps and treatment of terrorist suspects. -DB The Washington Post September 23, 2009 By Carrie Johnson The Obama administration will announce a new policy Wednesday making it much more difficult for the government to claim that it is protecting state secrets when it hides details of sensitive national security strategies

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