Cia Tapes

CIA Destroyed 12 Videotapes Of Harsh Interrogations

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 04.06.2009 | Home


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

CIA Destroyed Interrogation Tapes

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other U.S. treatment of terror suspects, far more than previously ack...

Guantanamo Tapes Show Detainee Interrogations

NY Times | MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Defense Department is conducting an extensive review of the videotaping of interrogations at military facilities from Iraq to Guantánamo Bay, and...

CIA Destroyed Tapes As Judge Sought Interrogation Data

Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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...

Judge On CIA Tapes: "It Boggles The Mind"

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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...

A Cover Up? Congress To Begin Hearings On Destroyed CIA Tapes

ABC News | JOHN COCHRAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 ...

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

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 ...

Former CIA Official May Seek Immunity In Exchange For Testifying In Tapes Scandal

Times of London (U.K.) | Sarah Baxter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


THE CIA chief who ordered the destruction of secret videotapes recording the harsh interrogation of two top Al-Qaeda suspects has indicated he may see...

CIA Withheld Al Qaeda Tapes From 9/11 Commission

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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...

Congress Subpoenas CIA Official Over Torture Tapes

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena Thursday for Jose Rodriguez, the former CIA official who directed that secret interrogation videota...

Congress To Subpoena CIA Officials To Testify About Destroyed Tapes

AP | PAMELA HESS and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In a direct challenge to President Bush, a House panel said Wednesday it has prepared subpoenas to force CIA officials to testify about the agency's s...

Gonzales, Cheney's Lawyer Plotted Over CIA Torture Tapes

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy vid...

Conyers, Kennedy Join Push For Special Prosecutor

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


When news broke that the CIA had kept videotapes showing torture of detainees secret and then secretly destroyed them, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) was fast ...

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

TPMmuckraker | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 Admin Asks Judge Not To Investigate CIA Tapes

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


he Bush administration has told a federal judge it was not obligated to preserve videotapes of CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists and urged th...

Sam Stein

Military Leaders: Ignore Bush Veto Threat, Ban Waterboarding

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Thirty retired admirals and generals have penned a letter to key Democrats, urging them to defy President Bush's veto threats and pass legislation req...

Leading Democrats Call For Inquiry Into Destruction Of CIA Rendition Tapes

AP | Pamela Hess | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The Senate's No. 2 Democrat on Friday asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the CIA obstructed justice by destroying videotapes that doc...