tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833518530559679192.post6108436047643902513..comments2023-09-29T08:07:48.323-07:00Comments on oneheartforpeace: Lift the Veil on US Government Secrecy (State Secrets Privilege)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833518530559679192.post-26049693468399428202009-10-07T15:54:08.127-07:002009-10-07T15:54:08.127-07:00http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/caltoday.html ...http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/caltoday.html (video posted on site)<br /><br />Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties met at 10:00 A.M. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building<br />Hearing on: Civil Rights Under Fire – Recent Supreme Court Decisions<br />By Direction of the ChairmanCNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833518530559679192.post-1881429728683617222009-10-07T15:35:06.603-07:002009-10-07T15:35:06.603-07:00MORE SECRECY:
REPORT from NC Stop Torture Now:
A...MORE SECRECY:<br /><br />REPORT from NC Stop Torture Now:<br /><br />A US Rep. David Price from NC said today that U.S. torture photos should be withheld from the public. Negotiators for the House – with Price as their leader – and the Senate met today about the conference bill to appropriate money for the Department of Homeland Security. They agreed to keep the Senate’s Graham-Lieberman amendment, which allows the Secretary of Defense to certify that hundreds of photos depicting U.S. prisoner abuse should not be released:<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/17/detainee.photos/index.html?eref=ib_topstories<br /><br />The ACLU is pursuing a Freedom of Information Act request for release of the photos, and won a Circuit Court ruling that the photos should be made public. <br /><br />NC STN asked Rep. Price to use his position to strip the Graham-Lieberman amendment from the bill.<br /><br />Price’s aide for DHS matters said this afternoon that although he respects FOIA, Rep. Price agreed with the Senate’s position that this rose to the level of an exception, and that release of the photos would help “America’s enemies” whip up campaigns to harm our people, etc. Price chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.<br /><br />When a representative from North Carolina Stop Torture Now brought up how important the release of the Abu Ghraib photos had been, and there was no good answer. <br /><br />P.S. The aide also said Rep. Price fended off multiple Republican attempts in the bill to tie the Administration’s hands on Gtmo detainees.CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.com