US Government Officials Flatly Deny Tapes Contain Torture Scenes

[kpete]

Meanwhile, US government lawyers flatly denied Friday that videotapes destroyed by the CIA contained any scenes of the torture of terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, in the keenly watched court hearing.

"It is inconceivable that the destroyed tapes could have been about abuse, mistreatment or torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay," lawyer Jody Hunt, representing the White House, told the court.

The hearing marked the first time that administration lawyers have spoken in public and under oath about the matter since the CIA disclosed this month it destroyed the tapes of officers using tough interrogation methods while questioning two al-Qaida suspects.

Lawyers for Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay argue that the destruction of the tapes may have violated a court order and may indicate that other evidence was also destroyed. They urged the court not to take a back seat to the executive branch, which destroyed the documents in the first place.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Judge_seems_wary_of_opening_CIA_1221.html

[tekisui]

1. BWAAAHHHH!!!! !!!! BWAAHHHH!!! !!!

TOO MUCH!!!

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[notadmblnd]

2. yeah, that's why they had to be destroyed...

there was nothing incriminating on them.

[Vincardog]

3. Because we said so. Like I believe them.

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. "...in Guantanamo Bay."

The destroyed tapes depicted torture elsewhere.

[DemGa]

6. That stood out to me as well....nt

[KansDem]

5. Well, I, for one, am glad *that's* settled...

I was worried there for awhile...

:sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

7. How do these people sleep at night. n/t

[catnhatnh]

8. You aught to be more careful parsing "Bushspeech"...

They denied NOTHING....Not it didn't happen,not waterboarding was not on the tape....just not "torture" or that the tapes that were "about torture".The tapes were "about" interogations. The justice department stated that waterboarding is not torture.And they never said "no", just that it was inconcievable which it is for most sane people.

[Vickers]

9. They were destroyed becuase it showed the interrogators giving the

detainees footrubs and back massages.

That kind of crap just can't get out!

[Lint Head]

10. Maybe they needed to be erased to make room for 'Get Smart?

:dem:

[Richard Steele]

11. The phrase "It is inconceivable that" is not actually a denial.

"It is inconceivable that the destroyed tapes could have been about abuse, mistreatment or torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay," lawyer Jody Hunt, representing the White House, told the court.

[Disturbed]

12. "at Guantanamo Bay"

Weren't those Interrogation conducted at secret CIA Sites?

[Richard Steele]

13. Yup, that too. All in all, it's a completely misleading statement. nm

[Selatius]

18. Our right wing friends in Poland gave us access to Soviet-era facilities for "rendition programs."

Those facilities were built for that kind of activity.

[radfringe]

14. but then we'll never know whether or not they did contain

torture scenes because they were destroyed...

of course I believe these lawyers........yeah right

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. O-M-G!!!!!! Bwahahahahahahahahahaha! That is too funny for words!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Lint Head]

16. So they destroyed?!?!?! Nothing?

Yeah. Sure Batman. :dem:

[spanone]

17. delete self.

[Orsino]

19. The lawyerswshould be subpoenaed by Congress...

...since they seem to know so much about what's on tape.