Cia Tapes Destroyed

CIA Destroyed 12 Videotapes Of Harsh Interrogations

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.06.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON — The CIA destroyed a dozen videotapes of harsh interrogations of terror suspects, according to documents filed Friday in a lawsuit o...

Jason Linkins

Alberto Gonzales Memoir: What To Expect

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.31.2008 | Media


The drive to produce a book likely stems from these post-White House blues, something Gonzales seems to acknowledge.

CIA Destroyed Tapes As Judge Sought Interrogation Data

Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics


The New York Times reports this morning that according to recently declassified documents, the federal judge overseeing the case of Abu Zubayday was s...

Judge Wants Answers on CIA Videotapes

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Thursday that CIA interrogation videotapes may have been relevant to his court case, and he gave the Bush admi...

Contempt

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics


Jameel Jaffer

The CIA's destruction of evidence suggests contempt not only for the court orders but for the foundational idea that intelligence agencies should be subject to democratic control.

Judge On CIA Tapes: "It Boggles The Mind"

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics


There are good days in court, and there are bad days in court. From The New York Times: "I'm asked to believe that actual motion pictures, videotapes...

Lawyer: Goss Never Objected on CIA Tapes

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Porter Goss never criticized plans to destroy interrogation videotapes, a lawyer said Thursday as the investiga...

Mukasey To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee

Politico | Daniel Reilly | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics


Attorney General Michael Mukasey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of the month, his first appearance before the committee...

Congress Set For Showdown Over Destroyed CIA Tapes

ABC News | John Cochran | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics


In a closed door hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Congress plans to ask why the CIA destroyed tapes showing interrogations of suspected al-Qaeda opera...

Judge Halts CIA Tapes Investigation

Associated Press | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics


A federal judge refused on Wednesday to delve into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, saying there was no evidence the Bush administration v...

Ex-CIA Official Wants Immunity In Tapes Investigation

Associated Press | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics


Attorneys for Jose Rodriguez told Congress the former CIA official won't testify about the destruction of CIA videotapes without a promise of immunity...

George Tenet Lawyers Up Over CIA Tapes Probe

Newsweek | Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff | Posted 01.06.2008 | Politics


Attorney general Michael Mukasey's decision to launch a full-scale FBI probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes has sent several alarmed ...

Torture Tape Probe Seen As Payback In FBI-CIA Rivalry

NY Times | Ariel Alexovich | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics


The Justice Department's criminal inquiry into the destruction of the Central Intelligence Agency interrogation tapes will be carried out largely by a...

9/11 Commission Chairs: We Were Stonewalled By The CIA

NY Times | THOMAS H. KEAN, LEE H. HAMILTON | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics


More than five years ago, Congress and President Bush created the 9/11 commission. The goal was to provide the American people with the fullest possib...

9/11 Commission Chair: "No Question" CIA Tried "To Impede Our Investigation"

Think Progress | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics


In its attempts to uncover all materials related to the 9/11 attacks, the 9/11 Commission specifically requested material about the interrogations of ...

CIA Withheld Al Qaeda Tapes From 9/11 Commission

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 12.22.2007 | Politics


A review of classified documents by former members of the Sept. 11 commission shows that the panel made repeated and detailed requests to the Central ...

White House Lawyers Deny CIA Tapes Contain Torture

AFP | Roland Lloyd Parry | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics


US government lawyers flatly denied Friday that videotapes destroyed by the CIA contained any scenes of the torture of terror suspects in Guantanamo B...

White House Moves To Block CIA Tape Probe: "Smells Like The Coverup Of The Coverup"

TPMmuckraker | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics


"It smells like the coverup of the coverup." That's Rep. Jane Harman's (D-CA) take. And Rep. Pete Hoekstra's (R-MI) wasn't any different. In case yo...

Bush Administration Was Court Ordered Not To Destroy Torture Evidence

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that re...

Bush: I Didn't Know About Destruction Of CIA Interrogation Tapes

ABC News | Martha Raddatz | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


ABC News' Martha Raddatz Reports: In an exclusive interview with ABC News President Bush said Tuesday he did not know about the destruction of CIA vid...

White House Goes Silent On Destroyed CIA Tapes

CBS News | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


As Congress seeks answers about why the CIA destroyed tapes of terror suspects under interrogation, White House lawyers have advised President Bush's ...

Democrats Need To Admit They Have A Problem: They Are Addicted to Backing Down

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

It's shocking that any American lawmaker -- of either party -- would go along with state-sanctioned torture. But it's not shocking when you realize it's just part of a long line of Democratic "acquiescence."

Detainee Lawyer Claims Has CIA Pictures of Guantanamo Torture

The Independent | Robert Verkaik | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


Lawyers for a British resident who the US government refuses to release from Guantanamo Bay have identified the existence of photographs taken by CIA ...

Left, Right and Center Podcast

Huff Radio | Posted 12.08.2007 | Politics


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CIA Was Told To Keep Interrogation Tapes

New York Times | Mark Mazzetti | Posted 12.08.2007 | Politics


White House and Justice Department officials, along with senior members of Congress, advised the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 against a plan to...