by Jo Biddle
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071221/ts_afp/usciatorture_071221020735A row over the destruction of videotapes showing CIA interrogations of terror suspects goes to court Friday when the US spy agency may have to show it did not break a judge's order.
US District Court Judge Henry Kennedy has summoned lawyers for the CIA and those for "war on terror" prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay camp to give oral arguments on the issue.
Friday's hearing comes as the controversy has put the administration of US President George W. Bush on the defensive amid allegations that the tapes contained proof of US torture tactics.
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An intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the CIA had already begun to give access to relevant documents and that Congressional staff were at CIA headquarters Thursday afternoon, reviewing them.