CIA denies Cheney's demands

Gee, what a scoop.

I wasn't sure whether the CIA needed to respond to a request from a Private Citizen.

Thanks for clearing that up MSNBC. What would we do without you!!

Some imaginative reporter opined that the reason Cheney wants the documents released is so that he can use them in the book he is writing.

Could it be?

WASHINGTON (AFP) " The CIA said Thursday it has denied former vice president Dick Cheney's request for the declassification of memos he said showed that harsh detainee interrogations yielded valuable intelligence.

CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said the request was rejected because the information sought was the subject of pending litigation, which under the terms of an executive order excluded it from a declassification review.

"For that reason -- and that reason only -- CIA did not accept Mr Cheney's request for a mandatory declassification review," Gimigliano said.

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Cheney's battle with the CIA erupted after President Barack Obama's administration released Justice Department memos that spelled out so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques that the CIA wanted to use on "war on terror" detainees.

Widely denounced as torture, the techniques included a form of simulated drowning known as "waterboarding," as well as stress positions, sleep deprivation, slaps to the face, confinement in small spaces and others.

Cheney has argued vehemently that the memos gave a one-sided view of CIA's special interrogation program and that the intelligence agency should declassify other memos that showed the intelligence gains they produced