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The CIA can selectively divulge classified information to selected reporters in emails yet withhold that information from other journalists or members of the public when they seek the same information under the Freedom of Information Act, a federal judge in New York has ruled.
The decision appeared in the court record on Friday but became more widely disseminated Monday.
The ruling comes amid vigorous national debate over leaks to the media and the use of anonymous sources in covering national security news, including an ongoing FBI investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York ruled that the CIA does not have to release parts of five emails senior CIA officials sent to journalists from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and The Washington Post in 2012. At the time, the CIA was facing pressure over links it may have had to a Pakistani doctor who helped American forces hunt down Osama bin Laden.
Source: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article210169704.html
(Score: 5, Funny) by shortscreen on Tuesday May 01 2018, @05:53PM (9 children)
sad.
(Score: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday May 01 2018, @06:39PM (8 children)
Yes. Sad. Truly Terrible!
These Fake Judges were bowing to pressure from Fake News who wanted exclusivity to publish these classified materials.
Anyone receiving classified materials, whether they are aware of it or not, should be waterboarded. But not the senders of such materials.
Our beloved CIA, and believe me, I love the CIA. Yes, really. Honest. They work tirelessly without tires gathering up and disseminating our valuable classified materials. It is only in the truest since of our great American nation that we helpfully share such information with real journalists. But not with Fake News like the bad people who received this classified information from our beloved CIA.
It's a huge con job, really. I could go on about how these Fake News are the enemies of the American people and should be rounded up as is within the scope of my powers! It's truly a disgrace that anyone such as Fake News might disseminate classified material to fake journalists not authorized to have it.
Someone who has authority to direct the CIA to take action should do something about this!
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 5, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 01 2018, @08:05PM
Did you forget to switch to realDonaldTrump before posting?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday May 02 2018, @03:49AM (1 child)
So the RDT account was actually you this whole time? Not who I'd have guessed...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday May 02 2018, @03:17PM
I can only wish I had thought of the RDT account first. But I suspect I at least partly inspired its creation.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Wednesday May 02 2018, @04:07AM (4 children)
Man, I am a big fan! Let me know when you need a beer or two!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday May 02 2018, @03:16PM (3 children)
Sorry, I rarely drink alcohol. But thanks.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday May 03 2018, @08:31AM (2 children)
KFC [cheatsheet.com]? :)
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday May 03 2018, @06:01PM (1 child)
The KFC sure looks better than the other meal Trump eats. I wonder if he eats the entire bucket?
McDonalds order for Trump:
2 x Big Mac
2 x Filet O Fish
1 x Shake
Yuk! That's disgusting.
And he eats this stuff because he worries that someone might poison him? It sounds like he's self-poisoning.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday May 03 2018, @06:15PM
All I can say is that the way he looks I would have been more surprised if he wasn't eating fast-food.