2005 CIA interrogation tapes destruction
- 2005 CIA interrogation tapes destruction
The CIA interrogation tapes destruction of two videotapes made by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), during interrogations of Al-Qaeda suspects Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah as part of the ongoing War on Terrorism, in November 2005, [] Even though Mukasey described Durham as an outside prosecutor, others have criticized the lack of appointing a special prosecutor to the matter. Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Chairman of the House Judiciary Committees, stated that "While I certainly agree that these matters warrant an immediate criminal investigation, it is disappointing that the Attorney General has stepped outside the Justice Department’s own regulations and declined to appoint a more independent special counsel in this matter. Because of this action, the Congress and the American people will be denied – as they were in the Valerie Plame matter – any final report on the investigation." [ [http://judiciary.house.gov/newscenter.aspx?A=907 House Committee on the Judiciary website] ] Other commentators believed that the appointment of Durham showed that Mukasey was serious about the investigation. [ [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/benchconference/2008/01/tapegate_probe_will_outlast_bush_presidency.html?nav=rss_blog] "With his choice of veteran prosecutor John Durham to lead the investigation into Tapegate, Attorney General Michael Mukasey has shown that he takes this matter seriously. And by naming Durham, a bulldog who is more professional than partisan, Mukasey also ensures that the investigation will be ugly and long-lasting."]
ee also
*Command responsibility
*Enhanced interrogation techniques
*UN Convention Against Torture
*Waterboarding
Notes
References
* Spencer Ackerman and Paul Kiel. " [http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004872.php TPM's Timeline of the CIA's Torture Tapes] " Talking Points Memo / Muckracker. - December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
*cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2179607/sidebar/2179658/|title=How would the world look with those CIA tapes intact? (timeline sidebar)|date=2007-12-10|publisher=Slate.com
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