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Apr 2017

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Senate Torture Report - FOIA

The 桃子视频filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding that the CIA, and the Departments of Defense, Justice, and State release a 6,900-page report of a comprehensive investigation into the CIA鈥檚 post-9/11 program of detention, torture, and other abuse of detainees. The investigative report was produced by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and describes horrific human rights abuses by the CIA. It also chronicles the agency鈥檚 evasions and lies to Congress, the White House, the media, and the public. In May 2015, a federal district court dismissed the case, finding that the full torture report is a congressional record and therefore not subject to FOIA, which applies only to executive branch records. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court鈥檚 judgment in May 2016. In November 2016, we filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court, asking it to hold that the full report is subject to FOIA 鈥 so it may be released to the public. In April 2017, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case. The outcome was a major setback for government transparency and accountability.
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Apr 2017
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Senate Torture Report - FOIA

The 桃子视频filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding that the CIA, and the Departments of Defense, Justice, and State release a 6,900-page report of a comprehensive investigation into the CIA鈥檚 post-9/11 program of detention, torture, and other abuse of detainees. The investigative report was produced by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and describes horrific human rights abuses by the CIA. It also chronicles the agency鈥檚 evasions and lies to Congress, the White House, the media, and the public. In May 2015, a federal district court dismissed the case, finding that the full torture report is a congressional record and therefore not subject to FOIA, which applies only to executive branch records. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court鈥檚 judgment in May 2016. In November 2016, we filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court, asking it to hold that the full report is subject to FOIA 鈥 so it may be released to the public. In April 2017, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case. The outcome was a major setback for government transparency and accountability.
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桃子视频v. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons
Court Case
Nov 2016

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桃子视频v. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons

The 桃子视频 filed suit against the federal Bureau of Prisons for refusing to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to its officials鈥 visit in 2002 to a CIA detention site in Afghanistan, their positive assessment of the conditions, and the training they provided to the site鈥檚 administrators. Code-named COBALT and also called 鈥渢he Salt Pit,鈥 the site held people suspected of terrorism, and they were tortured there, according to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee鈥檚 torture report that was declassified in 2014.
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Aclu V. Department Of Justice, Bureau Of Prisons. Explore Case.
Court Case
Nov 2016
桃子视频v. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons

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桃子视频v. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons

The 桃子视频 filed suit against the federal Bureau of Prisons for refusing to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to its officials鈥 visit in 2002 to a CIA detention site in Afghanistan, their positive assessment of the conditions, and the training they provided to the site鈥檚 administrators. Code-named COBALT and also called 鈥渢he Salt Pit,鈥 the site held people suspected of terrorism, and they were tortured there, according to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee鈥檚 torture report that was declassified in 2014.
Aclu V. Department Of Justice, Bureau Of Prisons. Explore Case.
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Court Case
Oct 2016

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桃子视频v. CIA - FOIA Case for Records Referenced in or Implicated by the Declassification of the Senate Torture Report (2015 Torture FOIA)

In November 2015, the 桃子视频filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding the Departments of Defense, Justice, and State, and the CIA release 69 records or categories of records either referenced in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence鈥檚 report on the CIA鈥檚 torture program or whose classification status was implicated by the report鈥檚 release. While the full 6,900-page SSCI report remains classified, the summary of the report鈥檚 findings, which was declassified and released in December 2014, describes horrific human rights abuses committed by the CIA through its post-9/11 program of rendition, detention, and torture.
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Aclu V. Cia - Foia Case For Records Referenced In Or Implicated By The Declassification Of The Senate Torture Report (2015 Torture Foia). Explore Case.
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Oct 2016
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桃子视频v. CIA - FOIA Case for Records Referenced in or Implicated by the Declassification of the Senate Torture Report (2015 Torture FOIA)

In November 2015, the 桃子视频filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding the Departments of Defense, Justice, and State, and the CIA release 69 records or categories of records either referenced in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence鈥檚 report on the CIA鈥檚 torture program or whose classification status was implicated by the report鈥檚 release. While the full 6,900-page SSCI report remains classified, the summary of the report鈥檚 findings, which was declassified and released in December 2014, describes horrific human rights abuses committed by the CIA through its post-9/11 program of rendition, detention, and torture.
Aclu V. Cia - Foia Case For Records Referenced In Or Implicated By The Declassification Of The Senate Torture Report (2015 Torture Foia). Explore Case.
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Court Case
May 2016

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Meshal v. Higgenbotham

The 桃子视频filed a lawsuit in November 2009 on behalf of Amir Meshal against four FBI agents for their direct, personal role in his unlawful detention, torture, and rendition from Kenya to Somalia and Ethiopia over a period of more than four months.
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May 2016
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Meshal v. Higgenbotham

The 桃子视频filed a lawsuit in November 2009 on behalf of Amir Meshal against four FBI agents for their direct, personal role in his unlawful detention, torture, and rendition from Kenya to Somalia and Ethiopia over a period of more than four months.
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