Legal Commentary

Obama Abandons Transparency, Again

By Big Tent Democrat

WaPo:

The Obama administration objected yesterday to the release of certain Bush-era documents that detail the videotaped interrogations of CIA detainees at secret prisons, arguing to a federal judge that doing so would endanger national security and benefit al-Qaeda's recruitment efforts.

. . . Although Panetta's statement is in keeping with his previous opposition to the disclosure of other information about the CIA's interrogation policies and practices during George W. Bush's presidency, it represents a new assertion by the Obama administration that the CIA should be allowed to keep such information secret. Bush's critics have long hoped that disclosure would pinpoint responsibility for actions they contend were abusive or illegal.

I guess that whole Brandeis sunshine/disinfectant thing is not operative in the Obama Administration. But pols are pols . . . See also Greenwald.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 09, 2009 (boomark / email).