CIA reveals it has 3,000 pages of documents relating to destroyed interrogation tapes

[steven johnson]

The coverup of the torture by the Bush Administration just keeps getting stickier.

The Central Intelligence Agency disclosed Friday that it has 3,000 summaries, transcripts, reconstructions and memoranda relating to 92 interrogation videotapes that were destroyed by the agency, the American Civil Liberties Union revealed Friday evening.

The agency, however, says they won't make them public or provide them to the civil rights group. The disclosure came as part of a lawsuit.

The CIA says they incinerated the tapes to protect the identities of agents involved in the interrogations. Their destruction came at the same time a federal judge was seeking information from Bush administration lawyers about the interrogation of alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/CIA_reveals_it_has_3000_pages_0320.html

[marmar]

1. Now that the Neo-Fascists are out of office.......

...... I'm wondering if some of this stuff that was lost accidentally on purpose will magically resurface.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

2. Well, I believe the Court is empowered to jail CIA folks responsible for,...

,...the preservation of that information. If responsible parties aren't named, all possible responsible parties could be jailed until names are named.

It would be pretty cool if just ONE COURT would get as tough-assed on government officials clearly abusing the power defined in the Constitution as most courts are against petty criminals. There's a LOT of citizens that would feel some hope about a justice system in which they've completely lost faith.