Monday, December 10, 2007

As it's suggested that the destruction of the tapes could threaten prosecutions, lawyers for a Baltimore man held at Guantanamo file a motion in federal court "to order the Bush administration to preserve evidence" of how their client was tortured, and lawyers for a British detainee claim that CIA photos show evidence of torture. [Cursor.org] 12:09:44 PM    comment []

With inquiry beginning into the destruction of the CIA "torture" tapes, the "security risk" rationale meets skepticism, and fingers point toward "a second tier leadership figure at the CIA," whom Harper's Scott Horton terms the "designated scapegoat," and the Democratic Chair of the House Intelligence Committee called an "American hero." [Cursor.org] 12:04:26 PM    comment []