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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Mitchell Holman" |
| Date: |
16 Dec 2007 07:44:18 AM |
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Bush: Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration wants a federal
court and congressional committees not to pursue investigations
into the destruction of videotapes showing CIA interrogations
of two al Qaeda suspects.
It says the inquiries would interfere with an ongoing probe
by the Justice Department in collaboration with the CIA.
Defense attorneys for some terror suspects have asked U.S.
District Judge Henry Kennedy to look into whether the tapes'
destruction violated a June order.
The measure requires the government to preserve evidence and
information regarding detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
But Friday night, the Bush administration urged Kennedy not to
hold that inquiry, saying the tapes were not covered by the order
because one of the detainees videotaped -- Osama bin Laden
lieutenant Abu Zubaydah -- was not at Guantanamo Bay in June.
Also Friday, CIA Inspector General John Helgerson and assistant
Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein sent a letter to the top Democrat
and Republican on the House Select Committee on Intelligence, urging
the panel to abandon its investigation because of the inspector general
and Justice Department probe.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/15/cia.tapes/
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