Citing pending legal action, the CIA has rejected former vice president Dick Cheney's call to release documents that he claims would show that harsh interrogations helped stop terrorism, The Weekly Standard reported earlier, according to our colleagues over at The Oval.
"A document is excluded from mandatory declassification review if that document contains information that is the subject of litigation," the CIA said in a letter released today.
"For that reason — and that reason only — CIA did not accept Mr. Cheney's request for a mandatory declassification review," agency spokesman Paul Gimigliano said. He added that said Cheney's request was handled "in accordance with normal practice, by CIA professionals with long experience in information management and release.
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