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  • August 2008

    • US Warned It Would Tape Visits With Gitmo Detainees

      Washington Post  |  Aug 5, 08 11:31 AM CDT

      US Warned It Would Tape Visits With Gitmo Detainees

      (Newser) - Foreign intelligence and law-enforcement teams visiting their citizens being held at Guantanamo Bay were warned by the Bush administration that video and sound from the sessions might be recorded, the Washington Post reports. If true, it means the military could have tapes of dozens of discussions detainees have claimed were abusive—tapes it hasn’t turned over to defense lawyers despite repeated efforts. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • interrogation tapes

  • July 2008

    • Video of Gitmo Interrogation Hits Web

      CBC (Canada)  |  Jul 15, 08 6:47 AM CDT

      Video of Gitmo Interrogation Hits Web

      (Newser) - A videotape of Canadian officials interrogating a sobbing 16-year-old detainee at Guantanamo Bay surfaced on the Internet today. The clip, made public under a court order obtained by the suspect's lawyer, is the first such footage from the detention center to reach the public, the CBC reports. It shows an intelligence agent grilling Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen charged with killing a US soldier during a firefight in Afghanistan. Khadr says he was severely tortured in Afghanistan. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • Canada  • Guantanamo prisoners  • interrogation  • interrogation tapes  • Omar Khadr

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • CIA 'Gulled' Court on Torture Tapes, Says Judge

      New York Times  |  Jan 18, 08 5:25 AM CST

      CIA 'Gulled' Court on Torture Tapes, Says Judge

      (Newser) - A federal judge said he suspects the CIA lied to his court about tapes showing the harsh interrogations of two al-Qaeda leaders, the New York Times reports. The CIA claims no records exist concerning the tapes, which were destroyed in 2005. But the judge, currently deciding a Freedom of Information Act request concerning the videos, says that's not credible. “I just can’t accept it,” said Manhattan Judge Allen Hellerstein. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • CIA  • torture  • ACLU  • Freedom of Information Act  • Abu Zubaydah  • interrogation tapes  • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri

    • Judge Refuses to Step Into CIA Tape Case

      Associated Press  |  Jan 9, 08 7:31 PM CST

      Judge Refuses to Step Into CIA Tape Case

      (Newser) - A federal judge today denied a request by a lawyer representing terrorism suspects that he open hearings into the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes, the AP reports. Judge Henry H. Kennedy said that he had no evidence that the Bush administration had defied court orders and that the Justice Department's own investigation would suffice. More »

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      Congress  • Bush administration  • Guantanamo Bay  • CIA  • Department of Justice  • investigation  • Michael Mukasey  • terror suspects  • interrogation tapes

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