Members of Congress are burned up by the news that the CIA destroyed videotapes that showed its operatives torturing prisoners. They simply don't believe that the CIA destroyed the tapes to protect the identity of the torturers. "That excuse won't wash," Senator Edward Kennedy said.
Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois called for an investigation to determine if the CIA broke the law by destroying evidence.
Geo. Bush continues to say that he doesn't know anything about it.
Showing posts with label CIA Videotapes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CIA Videotapes. Show all posts
Friday, December 07, 2007
CIA Torture Fallout
The CIA torture of prisoners in the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay has created a public-relations nightmare for the Bush-Cheney administration. Rumsfeld and others were involved in giving the green light for torture, but they're no longer on the job.
In an attempt to correct the mess they caused by permitting torture, the Bush-Cheney crowd has ordered the release of four British residents from the camp. Three will return to the UK. One will return to his native Saudi Arabia.
This sort of embarrassment is likely to increase in the future, especially now that it has been revealed that high-level CIA officials destroyed videotapes that would have revealed their complicity with the torturers.
In an attempt to correct the mess they caused by permitting torture, the Bush-Cheney crowd has ordered the release of four British residents from the camp. Three will return to the UK. One will return to his native Saudi Arabia.
This sort of embarrassment is likely to increase in the future, especially now that it has been revealed that high-level CIA officials destroyed videotapes that would have revealed their complicity with the torturers.
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