Conyers Requests Special Prosecutor for CIA Tapes Probe

[kpete]

Conyers Requests Special Prosecutor for CIA Tapes Probe
By Paul Kiel - January 15, 2008, 5:52PM

House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers (D-MI) thinks it's nice that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation of the CIA's destruction of its torture tapes, but it's not good enough. John Durham may be a tough, unimpeachable prosecutor, but he'll still be reporting up the chain to Attorney General Michael Mukasey.

Arguing that the Department has a "clear conflict of interest" because "high Administration officials" are necessarily implicated -- they approved the interrogation methods documented on the tapes and were involved in the discussions about whether to destroy them -- Conyers wrote Mukasey today to formally request that he appoint a special counsel. 18 Democratic members of the committee also signed on. Conyers has consistently called for a special prosecutor to be appointed.

The letter is posted at: http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005080.php#more
A judiciary subcommittee will be holding a hearing to hear from experts on the subject this Thursday.

[fenriswolf]

1. fsck yeah

isn't that how water gate really picked up? with the addition of a special prosocuter?

[shraby]

3. Hope they pick the right special prosecutor and

not a lackey.

[OneGrassRoot]

2. K&R Thanks, kpete! n/t

[Hydra]

4. I sure hope so

but considering how far this crazy train has gotten without one of those, I'm not holding my breath.

[CorpGovActivist]

5. K&R n/t

[rodeodance]

6. REc. nise to hear.

[autorank]

7. K*R Hey, I wrote about this;)

Forget the Torture Tapes