Wednesday, April 2, 2008

FOIA requests of interest and in the news - Torture memo and NSL

Some recently obtained FOIA requests obtained by ACLU that have been it the news and might be of interest.

Secret Bush Administration Torture Memo

Press release -- http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/34747prs20080401.html
Memo -- http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/yoo_army_torture_memo.pdf
Related information -- http://www.aclu.org/safefree/detention/commissions.html

National Security Letters - DOD
Press Release -- http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/34724prs20080401.html
Documents --
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/32088res20071014.html

Related -- DOJIG review of the FBI's use -- http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0803b/final.pdf

CRS report -- National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background and Recent Amendments [RL33320] -- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33320.pdf

CRS report -- National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments [RS22406] -- http://fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RS22406.pdf

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