Judge Rejects Panetta Review FOIA Because Review Is True
Fresh off approving the phone dragnet for what might be the last time, Judge James Boasberg rejected Jason Leopold’s FOIA for the Panetta Report. Ultimately, Boasberg upheld a broad Exemption 5 deliberative privilege claim.
But his discussion to justify that claim is pretty funny. Basically, he says CIA doesn’t have to release the report because (presumably unlike everything else CIA has released on its torture) this report was frank and truthful.
[R]equiring disclosure of the Reviews would cause the sort of harm that the deliberative-process privilege was designed to prevent — i.e, inhibiting frank and open communications among agency personnel.
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Had the SRT known that the Reviews could become public, its members would likely have been tempted to highlight on the information that would paint the agency’s prior actions in a positive light and to avoid calling attention to information that could have embarrassed the agency or its officials.
Everyone knows the Panetta’s CIA is only supposed to talk about torture in highly produced torture snuff like Zero Dark 30. God forbid citizens be able to balance that propaganda against the actual truth.
Gasp! CIA members would have *lied* to the inspector general and oversight committees?
That *already* happened, Judge Boasberg. There’s no such harm to prevent.
quote”Gasp! CIA members would have *lied* to the inspector general and oversight committees?”unquote
Hahahahahaha. Gasp.! Hahahahaha! Their lips are moving!! Who wudda thunk?!?
Next thing we’ll find out is there’s a fox in the hen house. Sheezus. Just when you think you have a handle on human nature. Sheesch.
Don’t put anything in writing, don’t they know that? Why write the report in the first place? How stupid are these people? Alternatively, just disclose it – what can it contain that we don’t already suspect? They’re all above the law anyhow, nothing would happen to them.
Bravo to the FOIA Terrorist for judges, in the name of “national security,” making themselves look ever more stupid.
Meanwhile, the march of spring continues!!! Yeaaaaaaa! 61 degrees in the middle of Michigan’s Manistee forest! fuck. Thank you lord. Sun in my face. Snow’s almost gone. Damn,..you’d almost think the builders of Stone Henge had a clue.
Ok, back to business..
quote”But his discussion to justify that claim is pretty funny. Basically, he says CIA doesn’t have to release the report because (presumably unlike everything else CIA has released on its torture) this report was frank and truthful.”unquote
ok ok ok. right. .. let me get this fucking straight…
quote”[R]equiring disclosure of the Reviews would cause the sort of harm that the deliberative-process privilege was designed to prevent — i.e, inhibiting frank and open communications among agency personnel.”unquote
OK..I got it. Black is white. Slavery is freedom. Frank and open communications is harm. And the CIA is free to torture, murder, undermine sovereign governments etc etc etc … while sucking your hard earned bucks by virtue of the 16th Amendment to do it… Gottcha. Meanwhile, the DOJ/Judicial system of the US is lying through their teeth to keep the Dumbest Country On the Planet(DFCOTP) from learning the truth.
There is one Truth of the lil obama gang that stands out on the snow covered night in full moon light, this ‘govt’ is the most transparent ever! Fully Corrupt! All three branches of the dead tree of democracy and/or rule of law.
Can the Clinton’s, Bush’s, and Obama’s(plus and the gang members) please stand in Courts of Law and defend the ‘Cases’ like the ones published here: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/31/a-good-day-for-nato/
Its seems to me its ‘time’ for the 99% to make a Pledge of Peace.
To take away the power of the 1% that make War(s) in order to steal more resources/money!
How, you may ask. A song that’s been in my heart since I first heard it very soon after it was release by Buffy Sainte Marie, Universal Soldier. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/donovan/universalsoldier.html
Instill in the hearts of the Children Killers of the USA, and take away the means of the 1% to inforce their criminal activities.
Gack. I imagine there were a buncha of high fives (or terrorist fist jabs) at Langley when this ruling appeared. Thanks to Judge B they should not be faced with embarrassment. As if guys who renditioned people off public streets for special treatment in secret prisons could blush.