Posted on 05/01/2018 3:29:28 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Adam Johnson, a freelance reporter, who was represented by a first amendment lawyer in New York City, Daniel Novack.
“The Director of Central Intelligence is free to disclose classified information about CIA sources and methods selectively, if he concludes that it is necessary to do so in order to protect those intelligence sources and methods, and no court can second guess his decision,” McMahon ruled.
McMahon ruled that such communication is not part of the public domain, and that the CIA was within its rights to discuss protected information in emails to reporters of certain media outlets, just as the media outlets are protected by law when sued to divulge anonymous sources.
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The Rothschilds and Bilderbergers? But where are the Illuminati, the Rosicrucians, the Masons, and the alien from National Enquirer?
I think this is a cartoon from which one would want to keep one's distance.
That’s a pentagram.
That’s not a Star of David.
And that’s a Podesta holding the pentagram.
The Star of David used to have 6 points. When did that change?
Free information isn’t so free I guess. Thank you god inna black dress for that.
Think satanists, not Jews.
And what WAS with the blood cult spirit cooking?
That is not the star of David. Please look again.
A court rules it is ok for us intelligence officials to leak classified information? Am I just stupid or confused?
“just as the media outlets are protected by law when sued to divulge anonymous sources.”
Circle jerk excuse.
The CIA did it, they are not anonymous.
Name names.
That is not the Star of David. It is a pentagram, a pagan symbol that is also used in devil worship.
And they can shield that release from other news agencies and investigators.
Yes, you’re right. It’s not the Star of David. Rubbing sleep from my eyes....
Yet the CIA sent those emails with the intent of putting classified information into the public domain. What the judge ruled was that they can continue to hide their tracks when they decide to divulge classified information.
What a twisted ruling.
That is just the courts, doing what they do.
Speaking of doing what they do,
Is the US Congress in session?
What the hell are the swamp dwellers doing?
Working on the next years budget?
Legislation for immigration?
Are they alive?
Your concern is understandable. There are a number of Ben Garrison cartoons floating around that have been altered by trolls to be decidedly anti-Semitic.
5 points. It’s a pentagram. Satanist.
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