Posted on 06/01/2011 9:22:47 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Arguing that the CIA has no right to withhold records that are more than 30 years old, a watchdog group filed a motion this week seeking a federal court to compel the spy agency to reveal what it knows about the conservative Catholic group that is the stuff of legend.
Public Citizen is working on behalf of Harry Cason, a Ph.D. student at the City University of New York who filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the CIA in 2009 for research he was doing on the U.S. role in Spain’s Franco regime, where Opus Dei allegedly played some part.
But Cason decided to take the CIA to court in January after the agency partially denied his request by releasing more than 200 pages of records but refusing to confirm or deny the existence of other records.
The agency argued that acknowledging the existence of these records would tip the CIA's hand on whether it has information about a covert operation or a confidential source -- information that is not covered under FOIA.
But Public Citizen contended in the motion filed Monday that revealing whether the CIA possesses records which are between 31 and 64 years old would not compromise national security.
"The CIA should not be able to avoid the disclosure requirements of FOIA by making vague appeals to national security, completely divorced from the records requested in this case," said Michael Page, an attorney for Public Citizen who is spearheading the case. "Not only are the records subject to automatic declassification because of their age, but it is implausible that the existence of a half-century-old interest in Opus Dei would undermine national security."
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All you need to know:
Robert Hanssen was an FBI agent who was extensively involved in Opus Dei and was also a spy for Russia. He’s serving a life sentence.
FR has an opus day at least once a year. I didn’t know there were records.
Fishing expedition.
So we might finally see FDR’s notes?
Almost every high-level Catholic conservative has been accused of being Opus Dei members, such as General Al Haig, the CIA’s Bill Casey, etc.
All you need to know: Benedict Arnold was a high-ranking officer in the Continental Army, and was also a spy for Great Britain.
Hanssen used Opus Dei as part of his cover. Spies aren't stupid, you know.
"Stuff of legend"? Has the DaVinci Code progressed from being "just a story" to "legend," now?
What "legend" are we talking about? If it involves "albino monks" hunting "symbologists," the "legend" is a load of malarkey.
It's perfectly true that Opus Dei was generally friendly toward the Franco regime. I'm not convinced that being friendly toward the Franco regime is something to be apologized for, but, in any event, watching priests being shot in cold blood by Socialists in Spain in the 1930's may have had something to with that.
I want to see the CIA and FBI records on Martin Luther King, Jr. After all, its been over 30 years...
The idiots who believe this Dan Brown fantasy are the ones who would take this up. Opus Dei didn't exist prior to the 20th century (it was formed in 1928) and Dan's Browns statement that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children is pure fiction
But if anyone wants to believe that something formed in 1928 was responsible for protecting the children of Jesus and Magdalene in the 1st century, ooohkayy....
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I guess if the Catholic Church covered up this "fact" and people want to believe it, well, this "fact" attacks common Christian beliefs, even those of non-Catholics. Dan Brown's books are badly written thrillers with zero veracity despite claimed
“FR has an opus day at least once a year.”
Awww...do I get presents?
All you need to know:
Jonathan Pollard was an NIS agent who was extensively involved in Zionism and also a spy for Israel. He's currently serving a life sentence.
ROTFL!
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