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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-04-07 10:14 PM
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Even 40 years later CIA briefings to stay secret
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency may refuse to release documents from 40 years ago to the public to protect long-held secrets, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the CIA did not have to give up the documents under the Freedom of Information Act aimed at opening up government activity to the public.

Larry Berman, a California political science professor, had sought two documents, one from 1965 and another from 1968, known as the President's Daily Brief (PDB), in which the CIA briefed then President Lyndon Johnson.
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