C.I.A. Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations

C.I.A. Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations

www.nytimes.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

Were laws broken here? Can their action be justified in this case?

www.nytimes.com
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Here's another link: news.bbc.co.uk...







This is the clincher for me:


I wonder what was on the tapes that they didn't want to be revealed - after all, they only destroyed two tapes out of possibly hundreds. Hardly in the name of security!

[edit on 6-12-2007 by mirageofdeceit]

I wonder if the tapes had information that pertained to Zacarias Moussaoui and might possibly exonerate him?

flagged just to try and get this up into the actual current news section... I hope I am not the only person question the intentional destruction of the tapes... my jaw dropped when it popped up on my Igoogle CNN link...

Good find JSO... I was hoping I would post it first...

reply to post by jsobecky

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They actually expect us to believe this?

That theyve only destroyed 2?
That the tactics employed are 'legitimate'

If doing it to hide the interrogators identification.. why not black them out?
Mute them? why not just film it at an agle there heads arent captured?
why would you only delete TWO Tapes, when every one has an interrogator?

Further more UNDENIABLE proof that this governemnt is sending the United states into Facism!

reply to post by Agit8dChop

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Re-read what the article says. It says at least two dealing the interrogation of specific suspects were wiped. No where in the article does it state that only two tapes were destroyed, or that was the only time in the history of the CIA or in the interrogation of al'Qaeda suspects that this has occured.

There are many reasons why they would choose to wipe the tapes, and not only to protect the identities of the interrogators. The tapes would show what interrogation techniques the CIA uses, which could help enemies (be they terrorists or otherwise) train to better resist these techniques. It would also reveal to enemies what type of information the CIA is looking for in these interrogations, letting our enemies know what knowledge we have of them and their operations.

I'm glad they destroyed the tapes. They were a threat to national security; a Congressman seeking to make a name for himself, or an organization that would be opposed to anything the CIA does, would be all too happy to release these tapes, in order to embarass the CIA or the White House (be it current, future or past administrations), national security be damned.

www.abovetopsecret.com...


someone beat ya to it

We have all kinds of procedures for safeguarding national security secrets and if these tapes had been required for use as evidence, it would be to a closed court or a closed congressional committee. You don't trust them, but you trust the CIA? There are transcripts and other records of the interrogations so your argument is just ridiculous.

reply to post by jsobecky

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Destroy the evidence natch. Now we can't prosecute.
What will it be, the tape destroyer will be guilty for all of 9/11/01.

The reason for torture in the first place:


Congress, CIA, Bush.. wants any one but THEM to fess up to 9/11/01.

Thats why they NEED torture.

Evidently.

Is not this perfectly clear why they torture, they are guilty ones and need
to label a 'guilty' person IN THE MEDIA to cover their guilt.

Is not this obvious, or just an alternate view.



[edit on 12/7/2007 by TeslaandLyne]

At the risk of recieving accusations of "You're brainwashed!!!111" or "You're not thinking for yourself!!!!" or some other ridiculous statement, given the choice between a grandstanding senator who's chief concern is the next election or a CIA agent doing their best to defend the nation...well...just take a guess who I'm going to choose.