C.I.A. Resists Disclosure of Records on Detention

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/02/us/02intel.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=cia&st=cse

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From: barry levine 
Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Subject: re: C.I.A. Resists Disclosure of Records on Detention
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

    We have been told that George Bush's detention policies are no longer the U.S.'s policy. What then is protected by sealing these documents about policies that no longer pertain? As in the Reynolds case that established the notion of a "states secrets privilege" these documents would embarrass some members of the former administration. That however does not amount to a threat to our national security. We, the sovereign electorate, deserve to know how our public servants are using our resources and abusing our reputation in the world.  

Barry Levine