CIA Wants to Keep Interrogation Methods Secret
The CIA has argued that allowing detainees to publicly describe interrogation techniques used against them would endanger national security.The CIA has argued that allowing detainees to publicly describe interrogation techniques used against them would endanger national security.
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The Central Intelligence Agency has told a federal court that Qaeda suspects should not be permitted to describe publicly the “alternative interrogation methods” used in secret C.I.A. prisons overseas.
In papers filed in the case of Majid Khan, a Pakistani who is among 14 so-called “high-value detainees” recently transferred to the Guantnamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, Justice Department and C.I.A. officials argued that allowing Mr. Khan to disclose details of his treatment could cause “extremely grave damage to the national security.”
“Many terrorist operatives are specifically trained in counter-interrogation techniques,” says a declaration by Marilyn A. Dorn, an official at the National Clandestine Service, a part of the C.IA. “If specific alternative techniques were disclosed, it would permit terrorist organizations to adapt their training to counter the tactics that C.I.A. can employ in interrogations.”
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