You want me to destroy the C.I.A. tapes?
In a holy fire?
Well, if You say so...
Kevin Drum has the actually story, and not my irresponsible speculations:
WHO KNEW?....A "former senior intelligence official with direct knowledge of the episode" tells the New York Times that lawyers within the clandestine branch of the CIA approved the destruction of those videotaped interrogations in 2005:
The former intelligence official acknowledged that there had been nearly two years of debate among government agencies about what to do with the tapes, and that lawyers within the White House and the Justice Department had in 2003 advised against a plan to destroy them.
....In describing the decision to destroy the tapes, current and former officials said John A. Rizzo, the agency's top lawyer at the time, was not asked for final approval before the tapes were destroyed, although Mr. Rizzo had been involved in discussions for two years about the tapes.
...."Although unlikely, it is conceivable that once a C.I.A. officer got the answer he wanted from a D.O. lawyer, he acted on that advice," said John Radsan, who worked as a C.I.A. lawyer between 2002 and 2004 and is now a professor at William Mitchell College of Law in Minnesota....Mr. Radsan added, "I'd be surprised that even the chief D.O. lawyer made a decision of that magnitude without bringing the General Counsel's front office into the loop."
Let me get this straight. The White House had been in the loop for two years. The CIA had received letters from both the Justice Department and congressional leaders arguing that the tapes shouldn't be destroyed.
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Really? Does anyone actually believe this story?
Countdown to Dubya's own tousled Tokyo Rosegarden -- Dana Perino - declaiming "No one could have predicted the destruction of the evidence..."
In 5...4...3...2...
5 comments:
What I've read of the CIA and the Intelligence community in general tells me that they do what they want. The only orders they listen to are the ones for things they wanted to do anyway. The rest, they just cover up.
Whether anyone in this government knew or not, the plain fact is that it was done. Torture has been done in our names, in the name of "freedom" and "democracy," and as a result, we are all a little dirtier than we were before.
The real sad part is it doesn't matter what they say anymore because no one is listening. The Beltway in their infinite quest for self-preservation has moved on to the up-and-coming party invitations now coming in from the new set of lying leadership. Whatever shall they wear....
"No one could have predicted the levees would fail"
Bush, Cheney, Rice, Fredo, Tenet, and a WHOLE lot of others SHOULD be tried for war crimes.
Nagahapun, of course.
Cuz ALL those who might bring a cause are also co-conspirators.
Poppy Bush is still the Don at the CIA....
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