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The CIA late Monday said it would not turn over additional documents related to its detention and interrogation program sought by the American Civil Liberties Union, saying their release would harm national security.

Among the documents the ACLU had sought (and we here at N&S had very much hoped to see) was a still-classifed executive order by former President George W. Bush, dated September 17, 2001, authorizing the CIA to set up its secret interrogation and detention program for suspected terrorists. Others were records of the CIA Inspector General's investigation into abuses and other problems in the program. (A redacted copy of the IG's official report was released on August 24).

Those of us who have spent much of the last 10 days trolling through the thousands of pages of documents recently released by the administration have mixed feelings about the lack of a new document dump. (We are kidding).

The ACLU's press release, and a link to the government's argument for keeping the information classified, can be found here. 

The court battle will no doubt continue.