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catman
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 Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject: Lawmaker warned CIA not to destroy tapes |
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Calif. Democrat said in 2003 that such a move 'would reflect badly'
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WASHINGTON - The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned in a 2003 letter that destroying videotapes of terrorist interrogations would put the CIA under a cloud of suspicion, according to a newly declassified copy of the letter.
"Even if the videotape does not constitute an official record that must be preserved under the law, the videotape would be the best proof that the written record is accurate, if such record is called into question in the future," Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., wrote in a Feb. 10, 2003 letter to then-CIA general counsel Scott Muller. "The fact of destruction would reflect badly on the agency."
Harman's office released the declassified letter on Thursday, a day after the Justice Department announced it had opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of the tapes. The letter notes that a copy also went to then-CIA Director George Tenet.
Last month, the CIA acknowledged destroying videos showing the harsh interrogation of two top al-Qaida suspects � Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.
Hayden: Tapes destroyed out of fear
CIA Director Michael Hayden said the videos, which were made in 2002, were destroyed in 2005 out of fear the tapes would leak and reveal the identities of interrogators. Hayden said the sessions were videotaped to provide an added layer of legal protection for officers using tough interrogation methods authorized by President Bush to help break down recalcitrant prisoners.
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Tapes Destroyed Over CIA's Objections
By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The CIA official who gave the command to destroy interrogation videotapes apparently acted against the direction of his superiors, the top Republican House Intelligence Committee member said Wednesday.
"It appears he hadn't gotten authority from anyone," said Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., speaking to reporters after the first day of closed testimony in the committee's investigation. "It appears he got direction to make sure the tapes were not destroyed."
Hoekstra said that raises the troubling prospect that there's a thread of unaccountability in the spy culture.
"I believe there are parts of the intelligence community that don't believe they are accountable to Congress and may not be accountable to their own superiors in the intelligence community, and that's why it's a problem," he said.
Hoekstra spoke after the CIA's acting general counsel, John Rizzo, testified behind closed doors for nearly four hours as the first witness in what committee officials have said will be a long investigation.
"I told the truth," Rizzo said in a brief appearance before reporters.
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