The Central Intelligence Agency has retroactively classified documents that were released to lawyers representing Navy SEALS accused of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, an unusual step the agency says is needed to protect national security.
The documents, marked "Unclassified//For Official Use Only,' were handed over last year to the Navy, which in turn gave them to civilian defense attorneys. According to two of the attorneys, some documents revealed the names of CIA operatives and intelligence methods.
Late last year, the CIA asked the Navy to retrieve the documents, which detail the spy agency's role in the death of Manadel al-Jamadi, an Iraqi man who died while being interrogated by a CIA agent in November 2003.
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