American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of Defense

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO HOLD DEFENDANT CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN CIVIL CONTEMPT

ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, District Judge:

Plaintiffs in this long-running litigation under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, move to hold defendant CIA in civil contempt, charging that the CIA violated my orders of September 15, 2004; February 2, 2005; and April 18, 2005, by failing to identify or produce, in response to plaintiffs’ FOIA requests and my repeated orders, videotapes depicting detainee interrogation sessions, including the use of enhanced interrogation techniques.…