Did Cheney Support Destruction of CIA Torture Tapes?
When CIA Director Michael Hayden admitted on 12/7/07 that the CIA destroyed torture tapes in 2005, anonymous sources blamed the head of the CIA’s clandestine service, Jose Rodriguez. But today the New York Times says four top White House lawyers debated the decision: Harriet Miers, John Bellinger, Alberto Gonzales and David Addington. (If you find it hard to keep track of the details, bookmark the outstanding detailed timeline on the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes by Cooperative Research.)
Did these lawyers discuss the issue with their bosses? Miers worked for Karl Rove, Bellinger for Stephen Hadley, Gonzales for Bush, and Addington for Cheney. At least two of these bosses wanted the tapes destroyed.
One former senior intelligence official with direct knowledge of the matter said there had been “vigorous sentiment” among some top White House officials to destroy the tapes.
As we know from all previous White House stories, Dick Cheney always takes the hardest line, so it's an excellent bet that he led the charge for destroying the tapes.
And since a federal judge ordered all torture-related documents preserved, this contempt of court and obstruction of justice would be yet more impeachable offenses against Cheney.
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And---how about that fire in the WH, today?
Size me for a tinfoil hat but this is velly intelesting.
http://tinyurl.com/389ndl
Overheated shredders?
Maybe, maybe not.
Hmm-----
I smell a Reichstag fire,
I smell a Reichstag fire ploy, and the "rat bomb" was already using the office...
Instead of saying 'where
Instead of saying 'where there's smoke there's fire' maybe we could say 'where's there's a fire there's a repug destroying something'.....
I saw Cheney...
I saw Cheney burning evidence
Across the White House lawn today
He didn't see me creep
Through a camera phone I peeped
He thought that I would suck up the bullshit story he leaked
Nice try Dick-Santa is gonna be REALLY pissed off at you this year
So, what the HELL did you burn?
Cheney Missed The Boat On History
Communism was hurt by the torture of POW's in Vietnam. John McCain's vivid accounts of being
tortured at the Hanoi Hilton resonated throughout the world causing the Fascists in the Former
Soviet Union and China to become defensive of their actions. Our Nation condemned the torture
as a violation of basic human decency and the Fascists were left severely diminished in the
arena of world opinion.
CIATapes will not make courts.
Washington Post: Is reporting, that the Justice department is handling this Tapes case. Kennedy is likely to dismiss it in Federal Courts in DC by Monday. Right now its delayed.
www.washingtonpost.com