What's a Gulag among friends?

Ok, so we've been holding a few people in old Eastern European gulags, and keeping it secret. Just move along, foliks, nothing to see here.

The CIA and the White House, citing national security concerns and the value of the program, have dissuaded Congress from demanding that the agency answer questions in open testimony about the conditions under which captives are held.

Is one Congressman going to ask how the hell talking about prison conditions can possibly endanger national security?