The FBI has used privacy protection measures to withhold personal information about Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaeda terrorist group, according to US anti-corruption group Judicial Watch.
The public interest group made the discovery when it obtained a copy of a redacted declassified "Secret" FBI report that it had requested using the Freedom of Information Act.Judicial Watch analysed newspaper references detailed on the file, and discovered that the document, dated 24th September 2003, actually related to Osama bin Laden.Under the US Freedom of Information Act, the FBI is entitled to withhold all information about US persons in "personnel and medical files and similar files" when the disclosure of such information "would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."Before the information is withheld, says Judicial Watch, the FBI is supposed to carry out a balancing test of the public's right to disclosure against the individual's right to privacy – and in this case upheld the right to privacy."It is dumbfounding that the United States government has placed a higher priority on the supposed privacy rights of Osama bin Laden than the public's right to know what happened in the days following the September 11 terrorist attacks," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "It is difficult for me to imagine a greater insult to the American people, especially those whose loved ones were murdered by bin Laden on that day."
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