Judge keeps secret portions of detainee interrogation documents that may describe abuse

September 30th, 2009 NY judge: CIA can keep 9/11 videotape info secretNEW YORK — A judge cited national security concerns in ruling Wednesday that the CIA does not have to release hundreds of documents related to the destruction of videotapes of Sept. 11 detainee interrogations that used harsh methods.

September 1st, 2009 CIA: No more interrogation secrets to be disclosedWASHINGTON — The CIA says it cannot turn over more details of its interrogations of terror suspects without spilling classified government secrets. A long-secret report released last week shed new light on alleged CIA abuses.

August 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Due to a lack of clear safeguards, the Central Investigation Agency (CIA) failed to prevent abuses of terror suspects in its network of secret prisons, a 2004 report surfaced for the first time has revealed. The report, significant portions of which are scheduled for release on Monday, also found that some CIA interrogators had inadequate training and oversight.

August 11th, 2009 Va. court upholds prisoner abuse convictionRICHMOND, Va. —A federal appeals court in Virginia has upheld the conviction of the first American civilian found guilty of mistreating a detainee during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

July 17th, 2009 High Court asked to take Conn. church abuse caseBRIDGEPORT, Conn.

July 3rd, 2009 Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early monthsWASHINGTON — Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.

July 2nd, 2009 Obama administration delays release of CIA reportWASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public, drawing criticism from civil libertarians who say it's past time for Americans to know how its government treated terrorism suspects. The Justice Department had originally said it intended to release the report in June as part of a lawsuit, but department officials now say they need until the end of August.

June 26th, 2009 US wants to delay release of CIA reportWASHINGTON — The U.S. government wants to wait until next week to give the American Civil Liberties Union a 5-year old internal CIA report that criticizes its harsh interrogation program.

June 19th, 2009 Report to detail interrogations, secret detentionWASHINGTON — The government is preparing to release a long-delayed internal report on the CIA's secret detention and interrogation program. How much of the document will be declassified for public view isn't yet known.

June 15th, 2009 US reveals new pieces of Gitmo hearingsWASHINGTON — Accused al-Qaida mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed complained that interrogators tortured lies out of him, though he proudly took credit for more than two dozen other terror plots, according to sections of government transcripts released Monday. "I make up stories," Mohammed said at one point in his 2007 hearing at Guantanamo Bay.

June 12th, 2009 Appeals court blocks release of detainee picturesNEW YORK — The U.S. government can keep pictures of detainee abuse secret while it asks the Supreme Court to permanently block release of the photographs on the grounds they could incite violence in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, a federal appeals court said Thursday.

June 9th, 2009 CIA urges judge to keep detainee papers secretWASHINGTON — CIA Director Leon Panetta told a federal judge Monday that releasing documents about the agency's terror interrogations would gravely damage national security. Panetta sent a 24-page missive to New York federal judge Alvin Hellerstein, arguing that release of agency cables describing tough interrogation methods used on al-Qaida suspects would tell the enemy far too much about U.S.

May 13th, 2009 Pentagon: Abuse photos may cause problemsWASHINGTON — The top military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan are telling President Barack Obama that their troops could be in greater danger if new detainee abuse photos are released this spring. The Pentagon has said it will release the pictures this month.

April 23rd, 2009 Holder won't play 'hide and seek' with memosWASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Thursday he won't play "hide and seek" with secret memos about harsh interrogations of terror suspects and their effectiveness. In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee, Holder said he's willing to release as much information as possible about the interrogations.

April 23rd, 2009 Senate discloses existence of secret legal memosWASHINGTON — Five previously unacknowledged secret memos revealing new information about the Bush administration's interrogation policies remain hidden in government file cabinets, a Senate report disclosed Wednesday. It's not just the memos' contents that are classified.