The Latest Torture Cover-Up Scam (Bovard | Australia.TO)

[struggle4progress]

Reports from around the World
The Latest Torture Cover-Up Scam
Written by James Bovard

... The Obama administration appears increasingly devoted to covering up the worst crimes of the Bush era. On Monday, CIA chief Leon Panetta formally objected to federal judge Alvin Hellerstein, who was considering releasing detailed information on 92 videotaped CIA torture sessions of detainees.

Panetta asserted that releasing the written information “could be expected to result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security by informing our enemies of what we knew about them, and when, and in some instances, how we obtained the intelligence we possessed” ...

The CIA chief told the judge that the “disclosure of explicit details of specific interrogations” would provide al-Qaeda “with propaganda it could use to recruit and raise funds.” Panetta described the information at issue as “ready-made ammunition.”

And who manufactured this ammunition? The CIA and Bush administration officials who ginned up legal opinions authorizing war crimes. But according to Panetta, the CIA would be the victim. Panetta warned that disclosing the documents would “constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy” of the CIA employees involved in the “extreme interrogation” process ...

http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11121:the-latest-torture-cover-up-scam&catid=89:reports&Itemid=205

[frog92969]

1. "constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy"?!?

Damn hypocrites!
What about our personal privacy?



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