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Conyers, House Judiciary Members Question CIA, DOJ on Destroyed Interrogation Tapes

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Follow up to December 6, 2007 posting, Report: CIA Destroyed Videos of Interrogations, this press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Reps. Robert Scott, William Delahunt and Jerrold Nadler sent letters to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gen. Michael Hayden and Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting details about today’s reports that the CIA destroyed videotapes of interrogation activities. In particular, the members ask whether the Justice Department knew about the tapes and their destruction and whether Justice will now investigate the matter. The letters are linked…below.”

  • Letter to AG Re: Alleged Improper Destruction of CIA Interrogation Videotapes
  • Letter to CIA Director Re: Alleged Improper Destruction of CIA Interrogation Videotapes
  • Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Mike Hayden on the Taping of Early Detainee Interrogations, Posted: 2007-12-07 09:12, Last Updated: 2007-12-07 09:46, Last Reviewed: 2007-12-07 09:12: “The press has learned that back in 2002, during the initial stage of our terrorist detention program, CIA videotaped interrogations, and destroyed the tapes in 2005. I understand that the Agency did so only after it was determined they were no longer of intelligence value and not relevant to any internal, legislative, or judicial inquiries—including the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui. The decision to destroy the tapes was made within CIA itself. The leaders of our oversight committees in Congress were informed of the videos years ago and of the Agency’s intention to dispose of the material. Our oversight committees also have been told that the videos were, in fact, destroyed.”
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