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OpenTheGovernment.org Statement on the Release of the Senate Torture Report's Executive Summary

OpenTheGovernment.org welcomes the long-overdue release of the Executive Summary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s study of the CIA torture program. We were appalled by the 11th-hour attempt to intimidate Senator Feinstein and the Intelligence Committee out of releasing the report, and relieved that she resisted that pressure. The argument that government abuses cannot be revealed because of their severity is incompatible with the First Amendment, the rule of law, and accountable government.

  • 12/09/2014

The CIA's Oversight Committee Doesn't Want It Deleting Emails Either--UPDATED

Last month, OpenTheGovernment.org and 16 other civil society groups wrote to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to oppose a CIA request for additional authority to destroy emails.  This week, five members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) also raised alarm about the proposal, including Chairman Dianne Feinstein and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss.

  • 11/21/2014

OpenTheGovernment.org’s Shadow Report to the Committee Against Torture

On November 12 and 13, the United Nations Committee Against Torture will hold a review in Geneva to examine the United States’ record of compliance with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

  • 10/20/2014

Unanswered Questions in the CIA-Senate Dispute

The Department of Justice has announced that it will not launch full-fledged investigations into either the CIA’s allegations that Senate staffers mishandled classified information in the course of writing their study of CIA torture, or Senator Dianne Feinstein’s allegations that the CIA unlawfully spied on Senate staff.

  • 07/14/2014

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