Docs in the news
By Russ Kick at 5 March, 2009, 5:03 pm
Lots of document-related news to catch up on..
* Justice Dept releases nine Bush-era memos regarding legalities involving detainees, rendition, eavesdropping, using the military within the US, and that pesky thing called free speech: “First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully.”
The memos are here. NY Times article here. ProPublica memo depository here.
* CIA admits in court that it destroyed 92 videotapes of interrogations [ACLU]
* “Major RAND study with 300 interviews: Intelligence Operations and Metrics in Iraq and Afghanistan” [Wikileaks]
* Obama Justice Dept helps hide Bush White House emails [AP]
* The White House’s missing documents [Politico]
* British Justice Secretary Vetoes FOIA Release of Iraq War Discussions [Antiwar.com]
* “Navy classifies ship inspection reports” [Navy Times]
* DHS Inspector General: Over 100,000 deportees had children in US [AP]
* Valenti’s Sexuality Was Topic For FBI [WaPo]
Related: “Bill Moyers Responds to Media Probe of His ’Homo Hunting’ Past” [Boston Edge]
* Canadian Government posts 9,500 files on UFOs [Library and Archives Canada]
* Canada: “Weird warnings on FOI material” [Tyee]
