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BUSH CRIME WATCH
[Matters worthy of prosecution or civil litigation during or after the
Bush administration]
NY TIMES - At the time that the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed
videotapes of the interrogations of operatives of Al Qaeda, a federal
judge was still seeking information from Bush administration lawyers
about the interrogation of one of those operatives, Abu Zubaydah,
according to court documents made public on Wednesday. It was already
known that the judge in the case, Leonie M. Brinkema, had not been told
about the existence or destruction of the videos. But the newly
disclosed court documents, which had been classified as secret, showed
the judge had still been actively seeking information about Mr.
Zubaydah's interrogation as late as Nov. 29, 2005. . . The document
states that on Nov. 29, 2005, government lawyers produced documents,
including "intelligence summaries," about Abu Zubaydah but never told
the court about the existence or destruction of the tapes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/washington/07intel.html?ex-1360126800&en-9808782c9b2cf1ec&ei-5088&partner-rssnyt&emc-rss
WASH POST - The White House yesterday directly joined a debate over the
use of simulated drownings to force disclosures by CIA detainees, saying
the interrogation technique known as waterboarding was legal and that
President Bush could authorize the tactic in the future. White House
spokesman Tony Fratto said the CIA could use waterboarding with Bush's
approval, which would "depend on the circumstances," including whether
"an attack might be imminent." Independent legal experts have called the
technique torture and said its use is barred by U.S. laws and treaties
under all circumstances. . .
Tom Malinowski, Washington advocacy director for Human Rights Watch,
said the Bush administration's admissions about waterboarding mark an
important milestone. "It's not an abstract debate anymore," Malinowski
said. "They've acknowledged that they've waterboarded people, and
virtually every legal authority in the United States believes that
waterboarding is torture and a crime."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502764.html
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BUSH CRIME WATCH
[Matters worthy of prosecution or civil litigation during or after the
Bush administration]
NY TIMES - At the time that the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed
videotapes of the interrogations of operatives of Al Qaeda, a federal
judge was still seeking information from Bush administration lawyers
about the interrogation of one of those operatives, Abu Zubaydah,
according to court documents made public on Wednesday. It was already
known that the judge in the case, Leonie M. Brinkema, had not been told
about the existence or destruction of the videos. But the newly
disclosed court documents, which had been classified as secret, showed
the judge had still been actively seeking information about Mr.
Zubaydah's interrogation as late as Nov. 29, 2005. . . The document
states that on Nov. 29, 2005, government lawyers produced documents,
including "intelligence summaries," about Abu Zubaydah but never told
the court about the existence or destruction of the tapes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/washington/07intel.html?ex-1360126800&en-9808782c9b2cf1ec&ei-5088&partner-rssnyt&emc-rss
WASH POST - The White House yesterday directly joined a debate over the
use of simulated drownings to force disclosures by CIA detainees, saying
the interrogation technique known as waterboarding was legal and that
President Bush could authorize the tactic in the future. White House
spokesman Tony Fratto said the CIA could use waterboarding with Bush's
approval, which would "depend on the circumstances," including whether
"an attack might be imminent." Independent legal experts have called the
technique torture and said its use is barred by U.S. laws and treaties
under all circumstances. . .
Tom Malinowski, Washington advocacy director for Human Rights Watch,
said the Bush administration's admissions about waterboarding mark an
important milestone. "It's not an abstract debate anymore," Malinowski
said. "They've acknowledged that they've waterboarded people, and
virtually every legal authority in the United States believes that
waterboarding is torture and a crime."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502764.html
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