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Justice to Investigate CIA Tape Destruction
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Justice Department will launch a criminal probe into the destruction of videotaped terroist interrogations in late 2005. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said today that agreed with the National Security Division of the Justice Department in its recommendation for an investigation into the actions of CIA officials surrounding the tapes' destruction. Mukasey named a federal prosecutor in Connecticut, John Durham, as the Acting U.S. Attorney in charge of the investigation.The CIA was forced to admit last month that the videotapes had been destroyed and has already faced a hearing in front of ...
Hearing Ordered on Tape Destruction
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyA Federal Judge ordered a hearing into the destruction of videotapes of CIA interrogations of terrorism detainees. Judge Henry Kennedy, Jr. ordered Justice Department lawyers to appear before him on Friday to answer questions about the tapes and whether they were covered by a protective court order issued in connection with a lawsuit filed on behalf of Guantanamo Bay detainees.Judge Kennedy had issued an order in the summer of 2005 directing the government to preserve all evidence pertaining to the cases of sixteen detainees. Lawyers for the detainees requested the hearing. The Justice ...
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