CIA 9/11 secrecy ruling

A NEW York judge cited national security concerns in ruling that the CIA did not have to release hundreds of documents related to the destruction of videotapes of September 11 detainee interrogations that used harsh methods.

US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said he believed he had an obligation to let the CIA director decide what should be released when it concerned methods used to make unco-operative detainees divulge information. The American Civil Liberties Union had sought the documents.