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Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009
(or Gen. McChrystal Protection Act of 2009)
The Second Circuit ruled last September that the photos must be released under the Freedom ofInformation Act. After the Circuit Court refused in March to rehear the case en banc, the
Administration decided on April 27, 2009 not to take the case on to the Supreme Court, and the
Circuit Court issued its mandate.
On May 11th
, President Obama nominated Gen Stanley McChrystal as the new Afghan
Commander.
On May 13th, the President announced that release of the photos would pose an unacceptable
risk of danger to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq after meeting with Gen Petreuas and other
military leaders on May 12th
.
Obviously anticipating that the Government was likely to lose its court appeal, Obama asked
Congress to change FOIA by retroactively narrowing its disclosure requirements and prevent a
legal ruling by the courts. Senator Graham said the White House helped them draft the bill.
On May 20th
, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Senator
John McCain introduced the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act to block the
release of the detainee photosby changing the language of the Freedom of Information Act.
On May 21st, the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act was offered as an amendment
to the Supplemental Appropriations bill and the U.S. Senate unanimously passed it.
On June 2nd, the Senate Armed Services Committee held McChrystals confirmation hearing. On
June 10th
, the Senate confirmed McChrystals promotion as commander of the Afghan War.
The bill was stripped out of the supplemental. However, it was later added as an amendment to a
Homeland Security Approprations Bill HR 2892.
President Obama finally signed the bill into law on October 28, 2009.
. . .
To argue that the photos will harm how we are perceived is, necessarily, to acknowledge that
they reveal new information that is not already widely known[McChrystals role in torture at
Camp Nama?]. Apparently, the proper reaction to heinous acts by our political leaders is not to
hold them accountable but, instead, to hide evidence of what they did. What makes all of this
even worse is that it is part of a broader trend whereby the Government simply retroactively
changes the law whenever it decides it does not want to abide by it.
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FromObama's latest effort to conceal evidence of Bush era crimes
ByGlenn GreenwaldWednesday, May 13, 2009 16:55 ET salon.com
It's difficult to react much toObama's complete reversaltoday of his own prior decision to
release photographs depicting extreme detainee abuse by the United States.
Apparently, the proper reaction to heinous acts by our political leaders is not to hold them
accountable but, instead, to hide evidence of what they did. That's the warped mentality Obama
is endorsing today, and has been endorsing since January 20.
Obama's claim that he has to hide this evidence to protect our soldiers is the sort of crass, self-
serving exploitation of "The Troops" which was the rancid hallmark of Bush/Cheney rhetoric.
Everyone knows what the real effect of these photographs would be: they would highlight just
how brutal and criminal was our treatment of detainees in our custody
if you actually want to argue that concealing these photographs is the right thing to do, thenyou must have been criticizing Obama when, two weeks ago, he announced that he would
release them. Otherwise, it's pretty clear that you don't have any actual beliefs other
than: "I support what Obama does because it's Obama who does it."
Also, during the Bush years, were you attacking the ACLU and Congressional Democrats for
demanding that the Bush administration stop concealing evidence of its torture, on the ground
that disclosure of such evidence would harm America's national security? Were you defending
Bush then for doing what Obama is doing now?
If these photographs don't shed any new light on what our Government did -- if all they do isreplicate what we already know from the Abu Ghraib photographs -- then how can it possibly be
the case that they will do any damage? To argue that they will harm how we are perceived is,
necessarily, to acknowledge that they reveal new information that is not already widely known.
Photographs convey the reality of things in a way that mere words cannot. They force
citizens to face what their country did and what they are now justifying and advocating. They
impede the ability of political leaders to use euphemisms to obscure the truth. That's
precisely why the photographs are being suppressed: because of how much good they would do.
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FromObama's support for the new Graham-Lieberman secrecy law
ByGlenn Greenwald Monday, Jun 1, 2009 05:02 ET salon.com
It was one thing when President Obamareversed himselflast month by announcing that he
would appeal the Second Circuit's ruling that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) compelleddisclosure of various photographs of detainee abuse sought by the ACLU. But now --
obviously anticipating that the Government is likely tolose in court again(.pdf) -- Obama wants
Congress to change FOIA by retroactively narrowing its disclosure requirements, prevent a
legal ruling by the courts, and vest himself with brand new secrecy powers under the law
which, just as a factual matter, not even George Bush sought for himself.
The White House is actively supporting a new billjointly sponsoredby Sens. Lindsey Graham
and Joe Lieberman -- calledThe Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009-- that
literally has no purpose other than to allow the government to suppress any "photograph taken
between September 11, 2001 and January 22, 2009 relating to the treatment of individualsengaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United
States in operations outside of the United States." The Senate passed the bill as an
amendment last week.
What kind of a country passes a law that has no purpose other than to empower its leader to
suppress evidence of the torture it inflicted on people? Readthe language of the bill; it doesn't
even hide the fact that its only objective is to empower the President to conceal evidence of war
crimes.
What makes all of this even worse is that it is part of a broader trend whereby the Government
simply retroactively changes the law whenever it decides it does not want to abide by it. And
now that courts have ruled that our decades-old transparency law compels disclosure of this
torture evidence, the Congress is just going to retroactively change the law -- again -- this time to
empower the President to suppress that evidence anyway.
Everything that government does is supposed to be transparent to the public unless there is a
compelling reason for secrecy -- and the whole point of FOIA always has been that mere
embarrassment, the mere fact that information reflects poorly on our government, isn't a
legitimate ground for concealment. That's a critical principle for open government. This new
law explicitly guts that principle. It institutionalizes the pernicious notion that secrecy is
justified where disclosure would reflect badly on the Government and thus "endanger" American
citizens and/or our troops.
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S.1100 -- Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009 (Introduced in Senate - IS)
May 20, 2009
Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide that certain photographic records relating to the treatment of any individual engaged,
captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States in
operations outside the United States shall not be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5,
United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION.
(a) In General- For any photograph described under section 2(1)(A), the Secretary of
Defense shall submit a certification, in classified form to the extent appropriate, to thePresident, if the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, determines that the disclosure of that photograph would endanger--
(1) citizens of the United States; or
(2) members of the Armed Forces or employees of the United StatesGovernment deployed outside the United States.
(b) Certification Expiration- A certification submitted under subsection (a) and a
renewal of a certification submitted under subsection (c) shall expire 5 years after thedate on which the certification or renewal, as the case may be, is submitted to thePresident.
(c) Certification Renewal- The Secretary of Defense may submit to the President--
(1) a renewal of a certification in accordance with subsection (a) at any time;and
(2) more than 1 renewal of a certification.
SEC. 4. NONDISCLOSURE OF DETAINEE RECORDS.
A covered record shall not be subject to--
(1) disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonlyreferred to as the Freedom of Information Act); or
(2) disclosure under any proceeding under that section.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and apply to any
photograph created before, on, or after that date that is a covered record.
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FromGraham Introduces Legislation Codifying President's Decision Banning
Release of Detainee Photos
Senator Graham Press Releases 05/19/2009
WASHINGTON, DCU.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) [andSenator John McCain] today introduced the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act
which would establish a procedure to block release of the detainee photos. The Senators plan to
offer the legislation as an amendment to the Supplemental Appropriations bill that is being
deliberated on the Senate floor this week.
Last week, after consulting with General Petraeus, General Odierno, and others, President
Obama decided to fight the release of photographs that depict the treatment of detainees in U.S.
custody. Those photographs are the subject of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the
American Civil Liberties Union.
This legislation would authorize the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs, to certify to the President that the disclosure of photographs like the ones at
issue in the ACLU lawsuit would endanger the lives of our citizens or members of the Armed
Forces or civilian employees of the United States government deployed abroad. the language
in the bill is clear that it would apply to the current ACLU lawsuit.
. . .
FromSenate Adopts Lieberman-Graham Amendment Banning Release ofDetainee Photos
Senator Graham Press Releases 05/22/2009
WASHINGTONThe U.S. Senate unanimously passed an amendment last night introduced by
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) [and John McCain] which
establishes a procedure to block release of the detainee photos.
The Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act was offered as an amendment to the
Supplemental Appropriations bill that was passed by the Senate last night
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From U.S. plans appeal on abuse photos
Lyle Denniston| SCOTUS blog Thursday, May 28th, 2009 9:15 pm
The Obama Administration has decided to go to the Supreme Court if Congress does not actfirstto stop public disclosure of an array of U.S. Army photos that apparently show severe
abuse of terrorist detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Justice Department on Thursday asked
the Second Circuit Court to put a ruling ordering release on hold because the Solicitor General
has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court absent intervening legislation.
A motion to recall the Circuit Court mandate, along with other court papers, can be found here.
This was the latest legal maneuver by the Administration since President Obama changed his
mind, from agreeing to release the photos to opposition to their disclosure.
The Second Circuit ruled last September, inAmerican Civil Liberties Union, et al., v.
Department of Defense (docket 06-3140), that the photos must be released under the Freedom ofInformation Act. After the Circuit Court refused in March to rehear the case en banc, the
Administration decided not to take the case on to the Supreme Court, and the Circuit Court
issued its mandate.
The President decided this month, however, that release of thephotos would pose an
unacceptable risk of danger to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. A federal judge in New
York was then advised of the switch in position. Shortly afterward[May 20], the Senate took up
legislation to block the releasethe Detainee Photographic Records Protection Actby
changing the language of the Freedom of Information Act.
The Senate adopted that provision May 21 as part of a new government funding bill. The Houseversion of that bill does not include the photos provision, but the Senate has asked for a
conference with the House to work out the differences between the two billsan action
expected to occur early in June.
If the aforementioned bill does not become law by the deadline for seeking Supreme Court
review, the United States will file a petition for a writ of certiorari,the motion said. Recalling
the mandate would serve the important purpose of preserving the status quo pending a
determination by the Supreme Court.
To bolster its argument that disclosure of the photos would put U.S. troops abroad at risk, the
papers included sworn statements to that effect by Gen. David H. Petraeus, the overall U.S.military commander for Iraq and Afghanistan, and Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, U.S. commander
in Iraq. (Those statements are included, in redacted form, in the papers linked above.)
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Lieberman, Graham Introduce Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act
May 20, 2009 bysenatus
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From Lieberman, Graham Threaten To Shut Down Senate Over DetaineePhotos
Jeff Muskus, Huffington Post
First Posted: 06- 9-09 02:00 PM | Updated: 06- 9-09 07:47 PM
Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) lambasted transparencyadvocates at a press conference Tuesday, when they renewed their promise to bring Senate
business to a halt until their bill blocking the release of detainee photographs becomes law.
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"If these photos see the light of day, it will be a death sentence to some serving abroad," Graham
said. The removal of the photo amendment, he said, "is one of the most outrageous andirresponsible acts in the history of the Congress." He said the initial response to the Abu Ghraib
scandal was necessary and the punishments meted out were appropriate.
Graham said there is consensus among many senators, military officials and diplomats about theneed to pass the bill. Even the White House is in support, he said, and helped them draft the
bill, remaining supportive of it in conference. Both senators dismissed House Democrats'concerns about the bill as "naive" opinions held by a "fringe minority."
. . .
FromPhoto Fight: Lieberman and Graham Threaten Senate Shutdown
HTTP://WWW.WEEKLYSTANDARD.COM/WEBLOGS/TWSFP/2009/06/PHOTO_FIGHT.ASPBY
MICHAEL GOLDFARB THE WEEKLY STANDARD June 9, 2009 1:02 PM
Note: edited transcript follows this article.
Senators Lieberman and Graham have just concluded a press conference held in response to a
still unconfirmed move by the Democratic leadership in the House to strip from the supplemental
appropriations bill an amendment that would bar the release of detainee photos. That
amendment, the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act, had been attached to the
supplemental by a unanimous voice vote in the Senate and with the explicit support of the White
House. However, as THE WEEKLY STANDARDreportedlast Friday, the Democratic
leadership has been unable to secure the votes necessary to pass the supplemental and is moving
to strip out the Graham-Lieberman amendment under pressure from House liberals.
A senior Democratic aide tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that "the House is putting the
demands of the ACLU before the interests of the troops." This aide also said that Liberman and
Graham "are going to attach [the amendment] to every piece of legislation that comes down the
pike." And indeed as Lieberman said at the press conference this morning, "we already actually
added our original legislation as an amendment to the FDA regulation of tobacco bill that's on
the floor right now."
Graham went even further during the press conference and threatened to shut down the Senate if
their legislation is not passed. "We're not going to do any more business in the Senate...sonothing's going forward until we get this right," Graham said. Meanwhile, it may be premature
for the left to declare victory. According to Fox News, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is
apparently unawareof any deal between House Democrats and Pelosi. "I don't know whether an
agreement has been reached," Hoyer said, and Pelosi herself has yet to weigh in on the matter,
though reporters have quoted Democratic aides in an attempt to divine her position.
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The Democratic aide I spoke with assured me that Lieberman and Graham "are not going to go
quietly into the night" on this because failure to do so would "clearly put the troops in danger."
This source added that if Pelosi has cut a deal with liberal members of her caucus, she is
"defying the White House, and defying the commanders on the ground."
Indeed, Obama is being put in a tough position by a Speaker who has already been portrayed as
running roughshod over the administration. If Obama, after backing a measure as critical to the
safety of U.S. troops and securing the unanimous support of the Senate in favor of that measure,
gets rolled by Nancy Pelosi and a bunch of liberal House Dems doing the bidding of the ACLU,
the White House will not only look weak and feckless, it will have been proven to be weak and
feckless.
EDITED transcript of the press conference
Press Conference on Detainee Photo Release Amendment
June 9, 2009
Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-Connecticut)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)
LIEBERMAN: Senator Graham and I have returned here to discuss this ongoing battle over the
release of -- of photos of treatment of detainees. As you know, President Obama overturned a
decision of some of the attorneys in the Justice Department not to appeal from a lower court
decision in an ACLU lawsuit that would have compelled the release of these photos. President
Obama did the right thing. He did the right thing because he knows that the release of these
photos will achieve no good and will do great harm.
That's why Senator Graham and I introduced the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act,
to back up President Obama's commander in chief decision not to release these photos. It's why
we were very pleased to introduce it as an amendment to the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
which was adopted unanimously, and then the supplemental bill itself passed by a vote of 86 to
three in the Senate.
If this amendment is dropped, Senator Graham and I will not go quietly into the night. And we
will not do so because the safety of our troops and our nation of the American people is on the
line. We will use all of the legislative tools at our disposal to see to it that this amendment
prohibiting the release of these photographs of detainees will be adopted.
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SENATOR GRAHAM: And our goal is to make sure that Congress speaks in a way that these
photos never see the light of day. I think everyone agrees the most effective way to stop the
photos from being released is congressional enactment of a law telling the courts we do not want
these photos released.
The Congress has spoken through the Senate. The commander in chief has spoken loud and
clear. The only body that is off-script, in my opinion, is the House. If they drop this in
conference, it will be one of the most outrageous and irresponsible acts in the history of the
Congress.
Why do I say that? Because it would mean that members of Congress will dismiss advice from
commanders in the field at a time of war. And these are not just any commanders. These
commanders have been at war for years. They know what they're talking about, Generals
Petraeus and Odierno. They told us without any hesitation that if these photos are released our
enemies will use it to incite violence against our troops. If these photos see the light of day, it
will be a death sentence to some serving abroad.
We're talking about supporting the commander in chief, who happens to be a Democrat.
President Obama is right, and I'm here to help him. They helped -- they helped us write the
amendment. This man here is truly representing the best in America, an independent Democrat
who understands what this war is really about and has risked his own career in the past, but we're
standing with our president today, the secretary of defense, the Senate as a whole. We're standing
with our commanders. We're standing with our troops and with our diplomats.
Because this is the first shot in a long war. There are other lawsuits pending out there that want
to compromise our national security in the name of freedom of information and transparency.There's more to come. Let us fight this battle today. Let us win today, so we don't have to fight it
tomorrow.
LIEBERMAN:
Thank you.
. . .
QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION:
QUESTION: Senator Graham, two questions. The release -- the opponents of your
amendment say that the release of the initial (inaudible) photos played a very significant
role in galvanizing public opinion on quote/unquote "torture" and abuse (inaudible) harsh
methods at Abu Ghraib.
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GRAHAM:
But it's a very good question. I think the initial approach we took to Abu Ghraib overall has been
helpful. We had to get this out. We got it out. People have been court martialed. People have lost
their jobs. The public had a chance to understand how badly we mismanaged Abu Ghraib, and
quite frankly, the war.
But to release additional photographs I think the commander-in-chief is right, doesn't add
anything to the debate. I would quote again Senator Inouye, "We have enough pictures. I've seen
some of the pictures they want to publish. They don't add anything to the debate."
QUESTION:
(OFF-MIKE)
LIEBERMAN: Well, we certainly drafted the amendment together with people in the WhiteHouse. My understanding has been that the White House has been attempting in the Conference
Committee to keep this language in, because the president does not want these photos to see the
light of day.
GRAHAM: I think it's important to understand President Obama's decision and how he arrived
at the decision he did.
Initially, the administration was not going to appeal the 2nd Circuit's court decision to require
release of the photos. We wrote a letter to the president asking him to reconsider. But, more
importantly, our commanders called the president -- they didn't call him, he called thecommanders.
He sat down with Secretary Gates. He listened to General Odierno. And it's our belief that
General Odierno told him, "Mr. President, if you release these photos, you're going to create a lot
of chaos here in Iraq." And Prime Minister Maliki said, "Baghdad will burn, and it will put in
jeopardy the approval of the SOFA agreement."
QUESTION: Have you taken your case directly to Speaker Pelosi and the HouseDemocratic leadership, or spoken to Senator Reid about this, made your (inaudible)?
GRAHAM: We've been pretty low key about this. We passed this thing without a voice vote. The
administration helped write the bill. We compromised in the Senate.And we've been very quiet,
thinking this thing was put to bed. The last thing I wanted to do is make a big issue about this. I
didn't ask for a recorded vote, and we could have.
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QUESTION: Chairman Frank was saying last night that he wanted to, rather than see the
bill go straight through in Appropriations, he wanted to see hearings and hear from the
diplomatic corps and military. Would you allow other business to go forward while that
proceeds or no?
LIEBERMAN: No. And the reason is that the appeal of the 2nd Circuit decision is happening
right now. So there's -- there's an urgency to this.
. . .
H.R.2346 - Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009
i.e. supplemental appropriations bill
Introduced 5-12-09, House passed 5-14-09, Senate passed with amendment 5-21-09
Latest vote 6-18-09, after conference.
Note: Photo act stripped out of conference bill. But, later attached to Homeland Security
Conference HR 2892 and passed. Signed into law 10-28-10.
. . .
[Congressional Record: October 13, 2009 (House)][Page H11195-H11257]
CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2892, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (during consideration of H.R. 1327)
submitted the following conference report and statement on the bill
(H.R. 2892) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other
purposes:
Conference Report (H. Rept. 111-298)
[...]
Sec. 565. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as
the ``Protected National Security Documents Act of 2009''.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the
contrary, no protected document, as defined in subsection
(c), shall be subject to disclosure under section 552 of
title 5, United States Code or any proceeding under that
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section.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Protected document.--The term ``protected document''
means any record--
(A) for which the Secretary of Defense has issued a
certification, as described in subsection (d), stating that
disclosure of that record would endanger citizens of the
United States, members of the United States Armed Forces, or
employees of the United States Government deployed outside
the United States; and
(B) that is a photograph that--
(i) was taken during the period beginning on September 11,
2001, through January 22, 2009; and
(ii) relates to the treatment of individuals engaged,
captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed
Forces of the United States in operations outside of the
United States.
(2) Photograph.--The term ``photograph'' encompasses all
photographic images, whether originals or copies, including
still photographs, negatives, digital images, films, video
tapes, and motion pictures.(d) Certification.--
(1) In general.--For any photograph described under
subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Defense shall issue a
certification if the Secretary of Defense determines that
disclosure of that photograph would endanger citizens of the
United States, members of the United States Armed Forces, or
employees of the United States Government deployed outside
the United States.
(2) Certification expiration.--A certification and a
renewal of a certification issued pursuant to subsection
(d)(3) shall expire 3 years after the date on which the
certification or renewal, is issued by the Secretary of
Defense.
(3) Certification renewal.--The Secretary of Defense may
issue--
(A) a renewal of a certification at any time; and
(B) more than 1 renewal of a certification.
(4) Notice to congress.--The Secretary of Defense shall
provide Congress a timely notice of the Secretary's issuance
of a certification and of a renewal of a certification.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to preclude the voluntary disclosure of a protected
document.
(f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the
date of enactment of this Act and apply to any protected
document.
[...]
Joint Explanatory Statement
Section 565. The conference agreement includes and modifies
a new provision proposed by the Senate on the release of
protected national security documents. The House proposed no
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similar provision.
. . .
[Congressional Record: October 20, 2009 (Senate)]
[Page S10544-S10559]
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010--CONFERENCE
REPORT--Continued
[...]
Mr. LEAHY. [...]
Mr. President, I commend the Senate for enacting the Leahy-Cornyn
OPEN FOIA Act--a commonsense bill to promote more openness regarding
statutory exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act, FOIA--as part
of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, H.R. 2892.
This FOIA reform measure builds upon the work that Senator Cornyn and I
began several years ago to reinvigorate and strengthen FOIA by enactingthe first major reforms to that law in more than a decade.
The Freedom of Information Act has served as perhaps the most
important Federal law to protect the public's right to know for more
than four decades. The OPEN FOIA Act will help to ensure that FOIA
remains a meaningful tool to help future generations of Americans
access government information.
The OPEN FOIA Act will make certain that when Congress provides for a
statutory exemption to FOIA in new legislation, Congress states its
intention to do so explicitly and clearly. In recent years, we have
witnessed a growing number of so-called ``FOIA (b)(3) exemptions'' in
proposed legislation--often in very ambiguous terms--to the detriment
of the American public's right to know.
[...]
Mr. McCAIN. [...]
I am also pleased this conference report does contain a provision
that will allow the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the disclosure of
detainee photographs under the Freedom of Information Act if he
certifies that release of the photos would endanger U.S. citizens,
members of the Armed Forces, or U.S. Government employees deployed
outside the United States.
[...]
H.R.2892
Title: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010
Sponsor:Rep Price, David E.[NC-4] (introduced 6/16/2009) Cosponsors
(None)
Related Bills:H.RES.573,H.RES.829,S.1298
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-83 [GPO:Text,PDF]
House Reports:111-157; Latest Conference Report:111-298(in Congressional
RecordH11195-11257)
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MAJOR ACTIONS:
6/16/2009 Introduced in House
6/16/2009 The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure,
H. Rept.111-157, by Mr. Price (NC).
6/24/2009 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays:
389 - 37 (Roll no. 450).
7/9/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by
Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 6.Record Vote Number: 229.
10/13/2009Conference report H. Rept.111-298filed.
10/15/2009Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference
report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 307 - 114 (Roll no. 784).
10/20/2009Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference
report by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 19.Record Vote Number: 323.
10/20/2009Cleared for White House.
10/22/2009Presented to President.
10/28/2009Signed by President.
10/28/2009Became Public Law No: 111-083 [Text,PDF]
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