CIA Directors Rejected Destruction of Tapes

michaelr · 12-10-2007, 12:05 AM

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When the CIA’s clandestine service asked permission to destroy video tapes showing waterboarding and other coercive interrogation of two terrorists, Directors George Tenet and later Porter J. Goss turned them down, Newsmax has learned.

Despite that, when Goss was running the agency in November 2005, Jose A Rodriguez, Jr., the head of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, ordered the destruction of the tapes showing the interrogation of al Qaeda operatives Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.

“The destruction damages the agency’s credibility with the public, Congress, and judges,” says John L. Martin, who dealt extensively with the CIA on legal issues as chief of the Justice Department’s espionage prosecutions. “Judges will be more skeptical about submissions made by the intelligence community after this.”

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I still say it's a shame.

freecell · 12-10-2007, 12:27 AM

Wasn�t it George Tenet that was head of the CIA�s DOP in that year? 2003 or am I reading it wrong?

michaelr · 12-10-2007, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by freecell

Wasn�t it George Tenet that was head of the CIA�s DOP in that year? 2003 or am I reading it wrong?

I believe so. Whats odd for me is pinning down when they were destroyed. I am not even sure who ordered the destruction of the tapes.

michaelr · 12-10-2007, 12:35 AM

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At the same time, some CIA operatives suggest that Rodriguez felt he could get away with ordering the destruction on his own because CIA management was so dysfunctional under Goss.

These tapes were destroyed quit a while ago. There evedence.

freecell · 12-10-2007, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by michaelr

These tapes were destroyed quit a while ago. There evedence.

Yea and I am pretty sure GT was involved in the interrogation. Interesting.

michaelr · 12-10-2007, 12:43 AM

Some one is going to fry for this, last I checked interrogation tapes are evidence.

TurnBackTheClock · 12-10-2007, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by michaelr

These tapes were destroyed quit a while ago. There evedence.

They are evidence, but as with all other departments of the government, there will be some hearings, but nothing is really going to happend, and no one will really be held accountable.

bla bla · 12-10-2007, 12:58 AM

Conservative legacy:

Reagan- trickle down economics.
"If a rich person doesn't need it any more you can have it".

Bush- trickle down ethics.
"If a rich person doesn't care you can say it".

TurnBackTheClock · 12-10-2007, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by bla bla

Conservative legacy:

Reagan- trickle down economics.
"If a rich person doesn't need it any more you can have it".

Bush- trickle down ethics.
"If a rich person doesn't care you can say it".

How true. They almost sound like the same person.

bla bla · 12-10-2007, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TurnBackTheClock

How true. They almost sound like the same person.

Reagan could actually ride a horse, and believed that if you earned
something it was yours.

Bush is scared of horses, and thinks that people should STFU and
do what he says so he can drink beer at his ranch.