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Unlikely that CIA will release documents about Yemen raid that killed Navy SEAL

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According to an article in Stars and Stripes, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has requested documents from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pertaining to the January 28th, 2017, American special operations raid in Yemen that resulted in the death of Navy SEAL Ryan Owens, as well as an unconfirmed number of jihadist militants. That raid also reportedly resulted in the deaths of an unconfirmed number of civilians, which is the focus of the ACLU’s document request.

According to Stars and Stripes, the CIA will not confirm that it is in possession of any relevant documents, nor will it confirm that the CIA was even involved in the raid’s approval, planning, or execution. A lawyer for the government stated on December 19th, 2017, that confirming such details would compromise U.S. intelligence secrets.

The ACLU also requested related documents from the Department of Defense, the Justice Department, and the Department of State. All three agencies agreed to look for any pertinent documents. The ACLU responded to the CIA’s unwillingness to provide documents by filing a legal motion in October 2017 requesting that a federal judge order the CIA to produce the documents. That judge has yet to rule on whether the CIA will be compelled to produce them.

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  • MGM

    Why on earth is the ACLU requesting documents from OGA? More importantly what reason do they have to investigate the death of a NAVY SEAL? I could see requesting information from DoD concerning this, but not DOS

  • Tyler G

    Agree. Rec’d + 5.

  • cal

    Carl c you are exactly right, no way is aclu non-partisan, check their record.

  • Susan B

    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose stated mission is “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties
    guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws
    of the United States.” It works through litigation and lobbying.
    So what business do they have butting into our national security and national defense protocols that concern our overseas operations. Are they protecting the rights of Ryan Owens?? Whose rights are they protecting? Yemen is not “in this country” last time I looked at a map.

  • Jason P

    ?the ACLU