FBI invokes Bin Laden's right to privacy

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Post #204,390 by JayMehaffey 4/22/05 9:13:26 AM Reply	FBI invokes Bin Laden's right to privacy [link\|http://www.judicialwatch.org/5286.shtml\|Judicial Watch] Judicial Watch, the public interest group that fights government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act (\ufffdFOIA\ufffd) in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (\ufffdFBI\ufffd) has invoked privacy right protections on behalf of al Qaeda terror leader Osama bin Laden. In a September 24, 2003 declassified \ufffdSecret\ufffd FBI report obtained by Judicial Watch, the FBI invoked Exemption 6 under FOIA law on behalf of bin Laden, which permits the government to withhold all information about U.S. persons in \ufffdpersonnel and medical files and similar files\ufffd when the disclosure of such information \ufffdwould constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.\ufffd (5 U.S.C. \ufffd 552(b)(6) (2000)) So absurd it can only go here. Jay
Post #204,407 by Arkadiy 4/22/05 10:49:13 AM Reply	And yet, it's precisely the kind of thing that's supposed to happen. We're not at war. FBI is not an army. They are supposed to obey the law, not do whatever makes sense to bring down the enemy. ------ 179. I will not outsource core functions. -- [link\|http://omega.med.yale.edu/~pcy5/misc/overlord2.htm\|.]
Post #204,408 by jake123 4/22/05 10:51:04 AM Reply	That's assuming that it was actually done to protect his privacy. Somehow, I think the privacy that's being protected is not bin Laden's. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #204,550 by a6l6e6x 4/24/05 2:32:42 PM Reply	Bingo! Just their way to say if there's a way to deny a Freedom of Information request, they'll take it. Alex The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell

FBI invokes Bin Laden's right to privacy - (JayMehaffey) - (3) - April 22, 2005, 09:13:26 AM EDT

And yet, it's precisely the kind of thing that's supposed to - (Arkadiy) - (2) - April 22, 2005, 10:49:13 AM EDT

That's assuming that it was actually done to protect his - (jake123) - (1) - April 22, 2005, 10:51:04 AM EDT

Bingo! - (a6l6e6x) - April 24, 2005, 02:32:42 PM EDT

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