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libertyinchaos - A Documentation of the Destruction, CIA Interrogation Tapes
Dec. 14th, 2007
07:44 am - A Documentation of the Destruction, CIA Interrogation Tapes
December 14th, 2007
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Most if not all of you are already now aware of the destruction of Video Recordings that documented the interrogations of suspected Al Queda terrorists by the CIA.
This article seeks to document this crime, for future referencing in coming litigation. This author predicts much in the way of hearings, in the wake of this clear federal offense.
Clearly, in combination with the violation of 50 USC Sec. 435 at the time of the 'Outing' of former U.S. covert operative Valerie Plame, and the horrendous display of torture inflicted upon suspected terrorists by U.S. Army personnel at Abu Graib, these high crimes and misdemeanors bring to mind a certain quote from the U.S. Constitution...
From Article 2, Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Congressman Dennis Kucinich's call for impeachment resounds with clarity in the wake of this dark scandal. For this report, I will source video, audio, and several text articles to preserve the integrity of the facts developing in this story.
From MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, courtesy of 'researchris' and Youtube:
If the above video does not load in your browser, you can find it at the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzggByJJ
From NPR, National Public Radio:
(December 7, 2007) {It was the second bombshell of the week from the U.S. intelligence community: The CIA acknowledged that in 2005, it destroyed two videotapes showing harsh interrogation techniques used against al-Qaida suspects. The CIA director told agency employees about it Thursday as the New York Times was about to break the story. On Friday, lawmakers in Washington called for an investigation, and civil rights groups said the government may have destroyed key evidence for ongoing terrorism cases.}
For the full story on this report, go here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor
The podcast is available here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/med
To follow this issue in it's entirety at NPR, go here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor
The RSS Feed of breaking news on this issue is here:
http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=17117
From the AFP, Agence France-Presse:
(December 11, 2007) {"We have a commitment from General Hayden for a full and complete accounting and record of everything that's available," the House committee's Democratic chairman, Silvestre Reyes, told reporters...
Following press reports, Hayden revealed last week in a letter to CIA staff that the tapes were made in 2002 and destroyed in 2005, just as Congress was investigating allegations of US abuse of "war on terror" detainees.}
The full story from AFP is here:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3M
From the AP, Associated Press:
{Though Remes acknowledged the tapes might not be covered by Kennedy's order, he said, "It is still unlawful for the government to destroy evidence, and it had every reason to believe that these interrogation records would be relevant to pending litigation concerning our client." In legal documents filed in January 2005, Assistant Attorney General Peter D. Keisler assured Kennedy that government officials were "well aware of their obligation not to destroy evidence that may be relevant in pending litigation."}
The full story is here:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5geGD
This story continues to develop. We at P&M will certainly be following it.
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-Nathan Morrison is a political news columnist for Powers&Morrison.com
For further information on this or any article printed herein, please contact: Morrison@PowersAndMorrison.com, or refer to the sources cited internally.
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In un-related news, P&M Columnist Victor Lopez is now back in the United States. His most recent post just came out today, and is available at:
http://www.victorlopez.powersandmorriso
I encourage everyone to stop over to his page and welcome Victor back home!
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