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The ACLU was in federal appeals court yesterday attempting to achieve a reversal of a lower court ruling which protected documents that the CIA neither confirms or denies exist.

The ACLU acting upon their own paranoia and leaked newspaper reports, has demanded that a federal court grant a Freedom of Information Act request of the release of 2 specific documents. The first a Justice Department memo which allegedly details what specific interrogation methods the CIA may use when interrogating top al Qaeda terrorists. The other a document allegedly authorizing the CIA to set up detention centers in foreign countries that is allegedly signed by President Bush.

From the Washington Post:

Citing national security, a government lawyer told a federal appeals court Monday that the CIA should not be forced to reveal whether it has been given authority to detain and interrogate suspected terrorists in overseas jails.

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the spy agency to turn over any documents related to secret foreign prisons. Though such prisons have been detailed in news reports, U.S. officials have never said that they exist.

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If the CIA is telling the truth, and I’m more inclined to believe them than the ACLU paranoia, and the documents never existed, then they very well can’t turn over what they don’t have. But if they do exist, why should the United States Government make public documents which would compromise national security by tipping our hat to the enemies of this nation and endangering our men in the field? It is this point that the CIA’s attorney has made in this federal appeals court.

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The Post Continues:

Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter M. Skinner urged the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court holding that the CIA can refuse to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request by the ACLU.

He acknowledged that the CIA has the authority to assist foreign governments in the capture, detention and interrogation of terrorists, but said it cannot be forced to tell whether it is also doing so independently.

In written arguments, he said responding to the ACLU’s request could cause serious damage to national security by giving enemies information about specific intelligence methods and activities used by the CIA.

Other papers reporting:

New York Times: Judges Press C.I.A. Lawyer Over Withheld Documents
Washington Times: CIA under new heat on secret detentions
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It is the opinion of Stop The ACLU that the leftist organization will stop at nothing to embarrass and/or weaken the United States. This organization was founded by Socialists who were also pacifists that opposed the US involvement in World War I and their position as an organization hasn’t changed since 1920.

The ACLU has a convoluted opinion that every person regardless of national origin should be equal from birth to death. And to achieve this, they are willing to stop at nothing. They wish to grant Constitutional protections to foreign terrorists who have vowed that if released that they would kill Americans. One terrorists who was released, did carry out a suicide bombing in Pakistan shortly after being released.

The ACLU’s interests involve achieving their goals, not through popular vote, but through dictation from the federal judiciary. This is un-American and is contrary to the democratic system that they claim to be protecting. They exist solely to embarrass and weaken the United States. I say this because if they received every one of their wishes as of today, tomorrow they would have a whole new list to oppose the government about. Because without having a complaint, they are irrelevant.

We have seen this already. The ACLU fought to gain equality for after school projects so that a gay tolerance group could meet on school grounds after the school day. The fight went all the way to the United States Supreme Court and they won. Shortly after, the ACLU sent a letter to all Washington public high schools reminding them of this victory and demanded that they comply. However, when a bible study group in another state attempted to gain the same recognition, the ACLU then asked the Supreme Court to reverse itself. They can not have it both ways.

This latest attempt at weakening our nation is aimed at projecting the idea that the United States is losing the war, and that we are the bad guys, thereby strengthening the Murtha/Kerry position that the war is unwinnable. It is a sham and this appeal should be denied.

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