The Krile Files

Back To The Routine

January 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Kinda. Yours truly finally caught whatever crud has been floating around these parts, so I was stuck at home today, loading up on meds and tissues.

In between naps, I’ve kept an eye on the cable news folks. The big story seems to be that the Justic Department is launching an outside criminal probe into the CIA torture videotapes.

The U.S. Justice Department will launch a criminal investigation of the CIA’s destruction of videotapes depicting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The official said the Justice Department would make a [...]

Obstruction

That’s the word Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton use to describe the destruction of the CIA interrogation tapes: “In a lunch meeting on Dec. 23, 2003, George Tenet, the C.I.A. director, told us point blank that we would have no such access. During the meeting, we emphasized to him that the C.I.A. should provide any documents responsive to our requests, even if the commission had not specifically asked for them. Mr. Tenet replied by [...]

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Categories: Bush Administration · Terrorism · Torture · Waterboarding

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