CIA withheld al Qaeda tapes from 9/11 panel - paper

[Hepburn]

NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Sept. 11 commission asked the CIA in 2003 and 2004 for information on the interrogation of al Qaeda suspects, only to be told the agency provided all that was requested, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

The CIA said on Dec. 6 it destroyed hundreds of hours of videotape in 2005 showing interrogations of al Qaeda suspects Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, prompting former members of the commission to review classified documents.

The taped interrogations were believed to show a simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding that rights activists have condemned as torture.

The Sept. 11 commission's chairmen, Lee Hamilton and Thomas Kean, said their reading of the review, a copy of which the newspaper obtained, convinced them the CIA made a conscious decision to impede the panel's inquiry, the Times said.

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This just makes me sick. What in the hell does this country stand for anymore???

:cry:

[fascisthunter]

1. I Hear Ya Hepburn

but don't cry, get angry instead. They want to see you down.

[Hepburn]

3. I guess I am sick from anger and so fucking frustrated...

...that at times I actually cry. What in hell is WRONG with people that they can support something as stupid and immoral as torture? I guess I gave the general public more credit than it deserves.

[fascisthunter]

5. I Know... It's a Sign That We are Socially Degenerating into a More Uncivilized World

It's a pervasive mindset we see in history when fear dominates and perverts the human spirit. We need to remain strong together and know that when we do cry, there are others who understand.

You may cry all you want. Didn't mean to sound like I was lecturing...


:hug:

[Hepburn]

6. Did not take it that way at all ~~ but took your remarks as...

...being someone as frustrated about the BS that is going on as am I.

:hi:

[fascisthunter]

7. Cool!

:hi:

Posting on message boards really challenges me at times. Sometimes I forget there is no visual (facial or tonal expressions) to go with the words I am typing, and it comes out a bit vague, which may open my statement up for misinterpretation.

These "internets"... baaaaaaaa

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

[indepat]

2. What does this country stand for: a new order not akin to a constitutional form of government

[Hepburn]

4. Yep....

...some kind of sick religious RW sentiment that says, "Who would Jesus torture to get al Qaeda?"

:shrug: