Effectiveness of the CIA Counterterrorist Interrogation Techniques, March 2005

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This is an odd example of how a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) case unfolded.

In November of 2018, I filed an MDR request for the CIA to review the Effectively of the CIA Counterterrorist Interrogation Techniques memorandum. When I first was sent a response, I received a document similar, with the same title, but with slightly different verbiage, formatting and information. I appealed based on the fact it was the wrong document, and won the appeal. Then, on December 4, 2019, I was sent the correct document released.

Below, you will find both releases of the.

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This post was published on December 12, 2019 8:49 pm

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