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March 2008
- CIA's Legal Troubles Grow Over Tapes' Destruction
  
  New York Times | Mar 28, 08 9:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The CIA's decision to destroy interrogation videotapes to save itself legal trouble is backfiring in a big way, the New York Times reports. Lawyers for more than a dozen detainees have filed challenges citing the destruction of evidence, putting terrorism cases on shaky ground and jeopardizing future prosecutions as well, the Times notes. More »
February 2008
- DOJ Probes Itself Over Torture Memos
  
  New York Times | Feb 22, 08 8:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Department of Justice is probing its own legal approval of waterboarding for the CIA, the New York Times reports. DOJ ethics chief H. Marshall Jarrett confirmed today that his office is conducting the first public inquiry of the 5-year-old advice and may issue a non-classified report when it is ready. More »
January 2008
- Senate Grills Mukasey Today on Waterboarding
  
  Associated Press | Jan 30, 08 3:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A high-noon face off is looming today between Attorney General Michael Mukasey and the Senate Judiciary Committee over waterboarding, the simulated drowning interrogation technique that many consider torture. Committee chair Patrick Leahy said Mukasey faces "serious questions" on the issue at today's hearing. But Mukasey has warned Leahy in a letter that he will not tell the Senate whether or not waterboarding is illegal. More »
- Judge Refuses to Step Into CIA Tape Case
  
  Associated Press | Jan 9, 08 7:31 PM CST
  
  (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 »
- CIA Warned Not to Destroy Terror Tapes
  
  Associated Press | Jan 4, 08 3:19 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned the CIA not to destroy videotapes of controversial interrogations of terror suspects, AP reports. "Videotape would be the best proof that the written record is accurate," California Rep. Jane Harman wrote in the declassified 2003 letter. "Destruction would reflect badly on the agency." More »
- Justice to Probe CIA Tapes
  
  Associated Press | Jan 2, 08 3:02 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Justice Department has launched a criminal probe into the CIA's destruction of videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al-Qaeda suspects. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey appointed John Durham, a federal prosecutor from Connecticut, to head the inquiry. Durham has a reputation as a tough prosecutor; he has overseen investigations into FBI and other law enforcement corruption, as well as organized crime. More »
- CIA Obstructed 9/11 Inquiry, Commission Heads Charge
  
  New York Times | Jan 2, 08 9:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - By withholding and ultimately destroying videotapes of the interrogation of al-Qaeda detainees, the CIA willfully obstructed the 9/11 commission, its top two members charge in today’s New York Times . Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton say the CIA repeatedly stonewalled their investigation in 2003-04, answering questions vaguely, denying access to prisoners, and never mentioning the fateful tapes. More »
December 2007
- CIA Tapes Were Made—and Destroyed—for PR
  
  New York Times | Dec 30, 07 1:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Concern over its image prompted the CIA to first secretly create—and later destroy—tapes depicting the harsh interrogation of detainees, the New York Times reports. In spring 2002 the agency decided to document every moment of senior al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah's custody so that perceptions of mistreatment—by prosecutors, Congress, Americans, and Muslims worldwide—could be countered. More »
- CIA Withheld Tapes From 9/11 Panel
  
  New York Times | Dec 22, 07 7:57 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The 9/11 Commission made repeated requests to the CIA for details on the interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects and were told they'd been given everything the CIA had, the New York Times reports. A member of the commission reviewed classified records of the panel's work after the CIA said the agency would have turned over the now-destroyed tapes but had never been asked for them. The commission's two chairmen say they are now convinced that the CIA deliberately tried to obstruct the inquiry. More »
- Judge Won't Order Probe of Gitmo Tapes
  
  New York Times | Dec 21, 07 3:28 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In the first public hearing on the issue, a federal judge today refused to immediately order an investigation into the destroyed CIA interrogation tapes. Lawyers for Yemeni nationals held at Guantanamo argued that the destruction violated a 2005 order by Judge Henry Kennedy, who ordered today's hearing. The White House countered that the order may not even apply to the prisoners in question, the Times reports. More »
- CIA to Surrender Tape Records
  
  New York Times | Dec 20, 07 4:32 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The CIA will provide documents on the destruction of interrogation videotapes to the House Intelligence Committee and allow the agency's top attorney to testify, the New York Times reports. It's unclear whether the man who ordered the videos destroyed, clandestine service chief Jose Rodriguez, will also testify. The tapes showed al-Qaeda suspects being subjected to water boarding. More »
- White House Slams NYT for 'Misleading' CIA Story
  
  CNN | Dec 19, 07 3:34 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Bush administration refuted a New York Times story today that White House lawyers discussed with the CIA whether or not to destroy detainee interrogation videotapes, CNN reports. "The New York Times ' inference that there is an effort to mislead in this matter is pernicious and troubling," a White House statement reads; its no-comment stance on the story's underlying facts continued. More »
- Bush Lawyers Talked to CIA About Tapes
  
  New York Times | Dec 19, 07 8:24 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Alberto Gonzales and at least three other White House lawyers were involved in discussions with the CIA before the agency destroyed interrogation videotapes in 2005, the New York Times reports. Gonzales, Harriet Miers, David Addington, and John Bellinger all met with CIA officials, the Times says, based on interviews with current and former officials involved with the discussions. At least one source claims that some of them argued strongly in favor of destroying the tapes. More »
- Judge Orders Hearing on Destroyed CIA Tapes
  
  Washington Post | Dec 18, 07 1:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A federal judge scheduled a hearing today to address whether the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes violated a court order, the Washington Post reports. The order—issued with no comment—is a blow to the Justice Department, which has launched a probe with the CIA and contends the federal courts don't have jurisdiction. More »
- White House Urges Judge Not to Probe CIA Tapes
  
  Associated Press | Dec 15, 07 11:39 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Bush administration has asked a federal judge—who issued a 2005 order demanding the safeguarding of evidence on detainees—not to investigate the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes, the AP reports. White House lawyers, addressing the tapes issue for the first time in court, say that if Judge Henry Kennedy orders a hearing, it could interfere with investigations by Congress and the Justice Department. More »
- Mukasey Tells Congress to Back Off CIA Tapes Inquiry
  
  Washington Post | Dec 14, 07 3:44 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Michael Mukasey isn't about to open up to Democratic lawmakers who want details of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into the CIA’s destruction of interrogation tapes, the Washington Post reports. In letters sent today, the new AG also restated his objections to appointing a special prosecutor to investigate, as Joe Biden and other Senate Democrats have demanded. More »

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