From Washington Post:Al-Qaeda Could Use Contents, Agency Says.
The Obama administration objected yesterday to the release of certain Bush-era documents that detail the videotaped interrogations of CIA detainees at secret prisons, arguing to a federal judge that doing so would endanger national security and benefit al-Qaeda's recruitment efforts.
In an affidavit, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta defended the classification of records describing the contents of the 92 videotapes, their destruction by the CIA in 2005 and what he called "sensitive operational information" about the interrogations.
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My Comment: One has to wonder why are organizations like the ACLU are so obsessed with CIA interrogation techniques. Oversight is handled by our elected officials. If the public is not happy with their job .... we can always vote them out.
I guess the ACLU and other like groups do not share my level of confidence, or they just do not want the U.S. to use harsh techniques when it comes to the defense of the U.S. .... a point that I believe is naive in today's world.
The Obama administration is right to oppose this .... and I concur 100% .... OK .... 99%