District Court Judges Orders Hearing into Destruction of Interrogation Videos
U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy ordered a hearing on whether the Bush administration violated a court order when CIA interrogation videos were destroyed, rejecting the administration's urging not to become involved, the AP reported.
At issue is whether the Court's 2005 order to safeguard "all evidence and information regarding the torture, mistreatment, and abuse of detainees now at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" covered interrogation videos of suspected terrorists Zubadaydah and al-Nashiri, who were held in secret CIA prisons overseas before being transferred to Guantanamo.
At issue is whether the Court's 2005 order to safeguard "all evidence and information regarding the torture, mistreatment, and abuse of detainees now at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" covered interrogation videos of suspected terrorists Zubadaydah and al-Nashiri, who were held in secret CIA prisons overseas before being transferred to Guantanamo.
Kennedy did not say why he was ordering the hearing or what he planned to ask. Even if the judge accepts the argument that government did not violate his order, he still could raise questions about obstruction or spoliation, a legal term for the destruction of evidence in "pending or reasonably foreseeable litigation."
Written By:Michael On December 19, 2007 9:40 AM
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I'm glad judge Kennedy step up and order the hearings why his request to safeguard all evidence and information regarding the torture, mistreatment, and abuse of detainees were ignored.If the destruction of the tapes were a mistake then the c.i.a. made a moral mistake by forgetting 9/11 or allowing it to happen thru negligence according to the 9/11 commission report.