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Sep 30, 2009 5:17 pm US/Central

N.Y. Judge: CIA Can Keep 'Torture' Info Secret

Agency Won't Be Forced To Divulge Key Information On 2005 Destruction Of Tapes Of Interrogations

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NEW YORK (AP) ― A New York judge says he will not order the release of names and other key information that the CIA has refused to divulge regarding the destruction of videotapes of detainee interrogations.

Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled Wednesday after viewing a few of nearly 600 documents related to the CIA's 2005 destruction of videotapes documenting new harsh questioning techniques.

Hellerstein said a federal judge must defer to the CIA director in assessing information related to this issue of national security.

The judge in Manhattan also said he probably would have ruled on the same grounds that the videotapes would not have to be released if they had not been destroyed.

A lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union said he did not know if he would appeal.

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