Obama refuses to hand over top-secret documents to Senate committee
Jay Carney confirms sensitive Bush-era material is being withheld from Senate investigation into CIA torture and rendition. ● The White House is refusing to hand over top-secret documents to a Senate investigation into CIA torture and rendition of terrorism suspects, claiming it needs to ensure that “executive branch confidentiality” is respected. In the latest development in the spiralling clash between Congress and the administration over oversight of the intelligence agencies, Barack Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney confirmed that certain material from the George W Bush presidency was being withheld for fear of weakening Oval Office privacy.
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