 or to "prevent embarrassment."

So says a CIA lawyer in court papers explaining why some redacted portions of the 499-page executive summary, released by the Senate Intelligence Committee last December, can never be revealed. The information includes the identifies of covert CIA officers, "code words" used to conceal the identities of countries, "pseudonyms," "official titles," the number of people employed by the CIA, and the salaries of people who work for the CIA. The public disclosure of this information, the CIA said, would "damage national security."

Therefore, it all "needs to remain top secret," CIA lawyer Martha Lutz said in a January 21 declaration. Lutz was responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit I filed against the agency a year ago in which I sought a copy of the Intelligence Committee's executive summary. Now that the committee has released the document, VICE News is arguing that the CIA should further unredact it.

The Senate committee's executive summary, part of a still-classified 6,900-page report and prepared by the panel's then-Democratic majority, concluded that the CIA did not obtain any valuable or unique intelligence from detainees it held captive and subjected to techniques such as waterboarding at CIA black site prisons. The CIA and Senate Republicans have vehemently disputed the Senate Intelligence Committee's conclusions.

Release of the executive summary was delayed for months due to the fact that the agency and Intelligence Committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein butted heads over the extent of redactions the CIA insisted upon in the executive summary. Feinstein and other Democratic lawmakers on the committee wanted to include pseudonyms of officers and other agency officials who played a role in the detention and interrogation program. But the CIA and the White House would not permit it, arguing that the officers' lives would be endangered by journalists and human rights researchers who would likely quickly identify them.

Meanwhile, the war between Democrats on the committee and the CIA continues and shows no signs of abating.

"Given the sensitivity of the detention and interrogation program, there is a significant concern that the release of any information that would allow for the identification of these individuals could place these persons and those associated with them in danger," Lutz said in her declaration. "In fact, following the public release of the Executive Summary, there has been widespread speculation regarding the individuals mentioned in the Executive Summary and attempts to identify those persons. Disclosure of the pseudonyms when connected with
or to " prevent embarrassment. " 

 So says a CIA lawyer in court composition excuse why some redacted portions of the 499 - page executive summary, released by the Senate Intelligence Committee final December, can never be revealed. The information admit the identifies of covert CIA officer, " code words " use to conceal the identities of country, " pseudonyms, " " official titles, " the phone number of citizenry employed by the CIA, and the salaries of people who work for the CIA. The public disclosure of this information, the CIA say, would " damage national security. " 

 Therefore, it all " need to remain top secret, " CIA lawyer Martha Lutz said in a January 21 contract. Lutz was responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit I filed against the agency a year ago in which I sought a transcript of the Intelligence Committee's executive summary. Now that the committee has released the document, VICE News is arguing that the CIA should further unredact it. 

 The Senate committee's executive summary, part of a however - classified 6,900 - page report and prepared by the panel's then - Democratic majority, concluded that the CIA did not obtain any valuable or unique intelligence from detainees it held captive and subjected to technique such as waterboarding at CIA black site prison. The CIA and Senate Republicans have vehemently challenge the Senate Intelligence Committee's conclusions. 

 Release of the executive summary was delayed for months due to the fact that the representation and Intelligence Committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein butted heads over the extent of redactions the CIA insist upon in the executive summary. Feinstein and other Democratic lawmakers on the committee wanted to include pseudonyms of officers and early agency officials who played a role in the detention and interrogation program. But the CIA and the White House would not permit it, argue that the officers' lives would be endangered by journalists and human rights research worker who would likely quickly identify them. 

 Meanwhile, the war between Democrats on the committee and the CIA continues and shows no signs of abating. 

 " Given the sensitivity of the detention and interrogation course of study, there is a meaning concern that the release of any information that would allow for the identification of these person could place these person and those associated with them in risk, " Lutz said in her declaration. " In fact, following the public passing of the Executive Summary, there has been widespread meditation regarding the individuals mentioned in the Executive Summary and attempts to identify those persons. Disclosure of the pseudonyms when connected with
 or to "prevent embarrassmenu."

So says a CIA lacter in court papers dxplaining why some redacted pirtiobs of the 499-page executixe summarj, releasee by rhe Senate Intellinznce Dlmmictxe last Decembet, can never te revealed. Tha knyormation includes the identifies of covert CLA officers, "coqe wpwds" hsed to conceal the identities of dountrits, "pseudonyms," "offivial titles," the number of oeoppe employed by the CIA, and thg sajqries of peoole who wogn for the DIA. The public disclosure of thks inyormation, tye CIW said, would "damade national security."

Dherefote, it all "needx tm rwmain top secret," CIA nawyer Martha Lutz said in d Lanuary 21 declaration. Ourz wav revponaung to a Fdeedom of Informatikn Act (FOIA) lawsuit I filed agsigwt the agency a yeaw wgo in which I sought a copy of the Inttlligsnce Committee's executice summary. Now that tje commiteee has released the document, VICE News is arguinc thav ghe CLA sfiupd further unredact it.

The Senate committee's evscitpve summary, part jf a still-ckadsosied 6,900-page repurt anb pdepared by the panfl's theg-Demoxratic matoriyy, concluded that the CIA dud not obtaiu aby valuable or unieue intelliyence grom cetainees it held captire and subjected ho technisjes such as watefbosrging at CIA black site prifons. The RIA aud Senatd Rekublicags have vejemenbny disputed the Sejate Nntelnigence Colmittee's conclusions.

Release of vie executive xukmagy was dejayed for months dte to the fact that tke agevcy and Innelligencx Committee shairwoman Didjne Feinsteii butted readw ovwr the dbtent of redacyions the CIA insisred upon in the exccutixs summary. Feinsctin and other Demovragic lwwkahars on the cmmmigted wantdd to inclube pseidonyms of officers dnd kther agency officoajs who poayed a wole in the drtention and intergogatmon prugram. Buj the CIA and the White House wkuld not oeriit it, arguigg tmat jhe officerx' lives would be endangered by journaliwts and human righrs researchers who comld likely qnickly identify them.

Meanwhile, the wqr between Democrsts on the committee znd tha CIA continues and shows no signs of abating.

"Given the sensitivity of the detebtion enq interrogafion proggam, chere if a dmgnificant concerm that the release of any inforoation tvac would allow for the identifocxtion of thesg individuals could place fhese petsons and those associated with them in danger," Lutz saic in her declzration. "In fact, following thr publnc relwase of the Executive Suomaty, there had betn wndespread speculation regarding tye induvlduals mentioned in the Exeguuive Sujmary wnd attempts to jdenflfy tfose persons. Cisclosure of yhe pseudonyms when bongected with
or to "prevent embarrassment." So says a in papers explaining some redacted portions released the Senate Intelligence last December, can be revealed. The information includes the of covert CIA officers, "code words" used to conceal the identities of countries, "official titles," the number of people employed by the CIA, and the salaries people work the The public disclosure of this information, the CIA said, would "damage national security." Therefore, it all to remain top secret," CIA lawyer Martha Lutz in a January 21 Lutz was responding to a of Act (FOIA) I against agency a year in which I sought a copy of the Intelligence Committee's executive summary. Now that the committee has the document, is arguing the should unredact it. The executive summary, part of a still-classified prepared by the panel's then-Democratic majority, concluded that CIA did obtain any valuable or unique intelligence detainees it held captive and subjected to techniques as waterboarding at CIA black site prisons. The CIA and Senate Republicans have vehemently disputed Intelligence Committee's conclusions. Release the executive summary delayed months to fact that agency and Intelligence Committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein butted heads over the of redactions the CIA insisted upon in the executive summary. other lawmakers on the wanted to include pseudonyms officers other agency officials who role the program. the and the White House not permit it, arguing that officers' lives would be rights researchers who would likely quickly identify them. the war between Democrats on the committee the CIA continues and shows no signs of abating. "Given the sensitivity the detention program, there is a significant concern that the of any information that allow for the identification of these individuals could place persons those associated them in danger," said in her "In fact, following release of Executive there speculation regarding the individuals mentioned in Executive and attempts to identify those Disclosure pseudonyms when connected with
 or to "prevent embarrassment."

SO says a CIA lAwyer In cOurT pAperS expLaining why some REdacTed portions of the 499-page exEcutiVe SUmmaRY, rEleasEd by the sEnATE InTeLlIgeNcE coMmittEe lAst DeceMber, can nevEr bE rEvealed. The inFOrMation inclUdeS the identifiEs oF coverT CiA oFFicerS, "coDe worDs" used TO conceAl the idenTiTIes of cOUntries, "PSEuDonyMs," "official titles," tHE nUMber of people emPloyed By THe cia, anD thE salaries oF pEople WHo work fOR tHE ciA. THE public discloSure of this iNForMation, ThE CIa Said, woUld "daMaGE naTional securIty."

THerefore, iT all "neEDs to remAIn top seCret," CIa laWyeR MarTHa luTz sAiD In a jAnUarY 21 DecLaration. luTz Was reSponDING To a FReeDom oF InfoRmation Act (FOIa) laWsuiT i fiLed agAinst The aGeNcy a yEar ago In whiCh i sought a copy of tHe InTelligencE CoMmIttEe'S execUTive suMmaRy. NOw that tHe commiTTee HaS RELeAsed the document, VICe NEWS iS arguing That thE cIa sHOuld furtHeR unRedaCT It.

The senaTE cOmmittee'S execuTIvE sUmmary, pArT of a stIlL-clAssIfied 6,900-PAge rEport aNd preparEd by tHE panel's then-DemOCratic majoritY, CoNCLuDEd thAt tHe CIA did not ObtaIN any ValuABlE or UNique IntelLiGEnCE from detainees it helD cAptive And suBjected to techNiques such AS WAterboarDing AT Cia black site prisOns. ThE CIA and SenATe RepublIcans Have veheMently disPUTed the SeNatE InTelLigENCe committee's conCLUsioNs.

release Of tHe execuTivE suMmaRy wAs Delayed foR months dUe To ThE fAct That tHE agency aNd intElLigEnce COMmitteE chaiRwomAn diANne feinsteIN bUTTed hEaDs Over The ExTent oF redACtiOns the CiA insisteD upON in tHe ExEcutive Summary. FeinstEiN and other DEmOcrAtic laWMAkers on tHe committee wanted to inclUDe pseudOnyMs of oFficErs and othEr aGency oFfiCIals whO playeD a rolE iN thE DEtentION aNd iNtErrogation PROgrAm. But ThE CIA And the WHite House would not pERmiT it, arguing thaT thE offICErS' liVEs WOulD bE EndANGered by journaliSts and humaN rIGhTs researchERs wHo Would liKely quiCkly iDEntify tHem.

MeanwhIle, the war BeTweeN dEmoCrats on the CommitteE and the CIa ContiNUeS and sHowS no sigNs Of aBatinG.

"Given THe sEnsitIvity oF tHe deteNtion AnD interroGation program, there is a siGnificAnt coNceRn that the RelEAse Of any infoRmatIon that wouLd aLloW for tHe iDEntifIcatIOn Of tHEse inDiviDUals could PLaCe tHESe Persons and tHOSE asSociaTed WIth theM in dAnger," Lutz said in heR Declaration. "In fAct, fOLLowIng THe puBlIc release of the exeCuTIVe SummarY, tHere has been WidespreAd SPeculAtion rEgardiNg the inDIViDUals meNtioNed In the ExecUtiVe sUmmary aNd AtTEmpts tO ideNtIfy thoSe persONs. DiSCLosure of the pseudOnyms WHEn conNEctEd witH
 or to "prevent embarrassm ent."

Sosaysa C IAla wyer  incourt papers e x plai ning why some redacted  port io n s of th e 499 -page e x ec u t ive  s um mar y, re lease d b y the S enate Inte lli ge nce Committe e  l ast Decemb er,  can never b e r eveale d.  Th e  info rma tioninclud e s theidentifie so f cove r t CIA o f f ic ers,  "code words" use d  t o  conceal the i dentit ie s  o f cou ntr ies, "pseu do nyms, "  "offic i al t i tle s ," the number  of peoplee mpl oyed b ythe CIA, a nd th es ala ries of peo plewho workfor th e  CIA. T h e publi c disc los ure  oft hi sinf or m ati o n,  th e  CI A said,wo ul d "da mage n a t iona l s ecur ity." 

Therefore,itall" nee ds to  rema in t op  secr et," C IA la wy er Martha Lutzsaid  in a Jan uar y21de clara t ion. L utz  wa s respo nding t o  aFr e e d om  of Information Ac t( F OI A) lawsu it I f i le da gainst t he  ag ency a  year  ago in  which I  sough t  a  c opy ofth e Inte ll ige nce  Comm i ttee 's exe cutive s ummar y . Now that the committee has re l e as e d th e d ocument, VI CE N e ws i s ar g ui ngt hat t he CI As ho u ld further unredact  i t.

Th e Sen ate committee 's executi v e summary,  par t  o f  a still-class ified  6,900-pag e  reportand p reparedby the pa n e l's then -De moc rat icm a jo rity, conclud e d  tha tthe CIA  di d not o bta inany  va lu able or u nique in te ll ig en cefromd etainees  i t h el d c aptiv e  and s ubjec tedto  t e chn iques s u ch a s wa te rb oard ing  a t CIA  bla c k s ite pri sons. The  CI A  and  S en ate Rep ublicans have  v ehementlydi spu ted th e Senate I ntelligence Committee's conclus ion s.

R elea se of the  ex ecutiv e s u mmarywas de layed  f orm o nthsd u etoth e fact tha t the  agen cy  and  Intell igence Committee c h air woman DianneFei nste i n  b utt e dh ead so ver t he extent of re dactions t he CI A insisted upo nin theexecuti ve su m mary. F einsteinand other  D emoc r a tic  lawmakers  on thecommittee wante d  t o inc lud e pseu do nym s ofoffice r s a nd ot her ag en cy off icial swho play ed a role in the detent ion an d int err ogation p rog r am.  But theCIAand the Wh ite  Ho use w oul d  notperm i tit, argui ng t h at the of f ic ers ' li ves would b e e nda ngere d b y  journ alis ts and human righ t s researcherswhow o uld  li k elyqu ickly identify  th em . 
Meanwhi le , the war b etween D em o crats  on th e comm ittee a n d  t h e CIAcont inu es and sh ows  n o  signsof  a b ating. 

"G iv en the  sensi t ivit y of the detention  andi n terro g ati on pr og ram, th e re i s a signif icant conce rn tha t th e rel ease of  a ny inf orm at ion that w o uld allow  forthe ide nt ific ati on ofthes e indiv idua ls  co uld place t he s epe r son s an d tho se  ass ociated w i th themind anger,"  L utz s aid in he r declaratio n."In f a c t, followi n g th e  p u blicreleas e of t he Exec u tiv eSummary , t h e re has be en widesp r ead  s pecu lation r eg ardi ng  th eindividuals men tioned i n the Ex e c utiveSum m arya nd att em pts to ident ify t ho s e perso n s . D isclosu r e o f t hepseu don ymsw hen connected with
 or_to "prevent_embarrassment."

So says a CIA_lawyer in_court_papers explaining_why_some redacted portions_of the 499-page_executive summary, released by_the Senate Intelligence_Committee_last December, can never be revealed. The information includes the identifies of covert CIA_officers,_"code words"_used_to_conceal the identities of countries,_"pseudonyms," "official titles," the number_of people_employed by the CIA, and the salaries of_people_who work for_the CIA. The public disclosure of this information, the_CIA said, would "damage national security."

Therefore,_it all "needs_to_remain_top secret," CIA lawyer_Martha Lutz said in a January_21 declaration. Lutz was responding to_a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit_I filed against the agency a_year ago in which I_sought a_copy of the Intelligence Committee's_executive summary. Now_that the_committee has released_the document, VICE News is arguing_that the CIA_should further unredact it.

The Senate committee's_executive_summary, part of_a_still-classified_6,900-page report_and prepared by_the_panel's then-Democratic_majority,_concluded that the CIA did not_obtain_any valuable or unique intelligence from detainees_it held captive and_subjected_to techniques such as_waterboarding at CIA black site_prisons. The CIA and Senate Republicans_have vehemently_disputed the_Senate Intelligence Committee's conclusions.

Release of the executive summary was delayed for_months due to the fact that_the agency and Intelligence_Committee chairwoman_Dianne_Feinstein butted heads_over_the extent_of redactions the CIA insisted upon in_the executive_summary. Feinstein and other Democratic lawmakers_on the committee wanted_to_include pseudonyms of officers and other_agency officials who played a role_in the detention and interrogation_program._But_the CIA and the White_House would not permit it, arguing_that the officers'_lives would be endangered by journalists and_human_rights researchers who would likely quickly_identify_them.

Meanwhile, the war between Democrats on_the_committee_and the CIA continues and_shows no signs of abating.

"Given the_sensitivity of the detention and interrogation program, there is_a significant concern_that the release of any_information_that_would allow for the identification of these individuals could place_these persons_and those associated_with them in danger," Lutz said in her declaration. "In_fact, following the public release of the_Executive Summary, there has been widespread speculation regarding the individuals mentioned_in the Executive Summary and attempts to identify_those persons. Disclosure of the pseudonyms when_connected with