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Source: www.newsweek.com --- 25 days ago
A criminal investigation into why the CIA destroyed hundreds of hours of videotapes recording harsh interrogations of two Al Qaeda leaders will stretch on at least another six months—and could ultimately result in indictments, according to a recent federal court filing obtained by NEWSWEEK. In his affidavit, John Durham, the veteran federal prosecutor on the case, said he is examining whether anyone "obstructed justice, made false statements, or acted in contempt of court or Congress in connection with the destruction of the videotapes." He said that he is specifically trying to determine whether the destruction of the Tapes violated any judge's order. But progress may be slow. Two sources close to former intelligence officials who are potential key witnesses in the case, both of whom asked for anonymity when discussing the inquiry, said that these officials have not been summoned to give grand-jury testimony; one of them hasn't even been questioned by the FBI yet. ... Source: comedianforpresident.com --- 7 days ago
A teenage Omar Khadr sobs uncontrollably as Canadian spy agents question him at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a brief video excerpt released via the internet early Tuesday morning. The 10-minute video posted just after 5 a.m. ET is of poor quality and the voices are often inaudible, as it was never [...] ... Source: www.chycho.com --- 8 days ago
Reposting updated articles for the wrap-up of politics and economics . Do you know what the difference is between watching an Interrogation video and a torture tape? It’s the difference between watching a video of someone being interviewed after they have been raped, and watching the actual video of the rape. The following is the CSIS Interrogation video from Guantanamo Bay . These are grown men and women, adults, our representatives in government, questioning a 16 year old child who has been tortured by the US government for a year. The CIA claims that they have destroyed their torture Tapes , but I wouldn’t bet on it. The odds are that there are hours of video showing how Omar Khadr was tortured. I would like to see those videos. I would actually like to see all news stations in the US and Canada broadcast the torture Tapes 24 hours a day 7 days a week for the next year. I think we all deserve to hear the screams of a 15-year-old child being tortured by the most powerful military in the world. And than we can watch as two of the richest nations on this planet defend their actions. What is happening in Guantanamo Bay is a fascist wet dream come true, and we’re not only a witness to it, but a part of it. To sum up Omar Khadr’s story so far Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen, born 19 September 1986 in Ottawa Canada. He “has been detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps since he was captured at the age of 15 following a 2002 firefig ...
Source: www.reuters.com --- 1 day ago
Jul. 24 - Prosecutors play Salim Hamdan Interrogation Tapes in Guantanamo Bay Court House. ...
Source: www.charlotte.com --- 66 days ago
Attorneys for a suspected enemy combatant being held in South Carolina say they want any remaining evidence in his case to be preserved, and that Tapes already destroyed would have proven he has been treated harshly while in custody. Tapes destroyed by the government would have shown that Ali al-Marri "was subjected to a brutal Interrogation regime bordering on, if not amounting to torture," his attorneys argued in court documents filed late Monday. The recordings would have supported claims he was subject to sensory and environmental deprivation in the brig, and prevented from participating in religious practices, the documents said. Prosecutors have called al-Marri, a legal resident alien from Qatar arrested in 2001, a national security threat with links to al-Qaida. He has been held in isolation at a Navy brig near Charleston for almost five years. Earlier this year, the Defense Department announced that a review of taping at military prisons found that thousands of recordings were routinely destroyed - including interrogations of al-Marri from 2003 and 2004 that prosecutors said had been considered materials that were no longer needed for intelligence. Prosecutors have said a judge doesn't need to order that evidence be saved because all evidence in ongoing legal cases is already saved under Defense Department directives. The government has also said an investigation into what happened to the Tapes isn't necessary because al- ... Source: www.charlotte.com --- 8 days ago
The House on Wednesday passed legislation governing next year's intelligence budget that demands lawmakers be given greater access to the nation's most closely held secrets. The bill is the latest attempt by Democrats, struggling to challenge President Bush on major national security issues, to step up their role in overseeing an intelligence program they say has gone astray. Lawmakers complain that the Bush administration left most of them out of the loop on highly classified - and controversial - matters, including creation and destruction of CIA Interrogation Tapes and Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. The bill, which passed on a voice vote, would block two-thirds of the federal covert operations budget until each member of the congressional intelligence committees is briefed on all secret operations under way. Panel members also would be granted access to any other details necessary to assess the value of intelligence operations. The White House has threatened to veto the bill because it says it would go too far and infringe upon the president's right to protect intelligence. In a statement Wednesday, the administration said the bill could expose information previously protected under executive privilege, including pre-decision legal opinions, risk assessments and cost estimates. The legislation "would undermine long-standing arrangements between Congress and the president regarding reporting of sensitive intelligence m ... Source: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com --- 10 days ago
Doug Feith is set to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties today at 10 AM ET, to discuss Interrogation techniques used on detainees. Feith has a history of not showing up for this Committee , so we'll see how it goes this time around. Phillipe Sands, author of "Torture Team," reported in a recent Vanity Fair article that Feith boasted to him that he was a "real player" in the Guantanamo Interrogation policy. Feith later defended himself, saying he'd been misquoted-- but Sands countered with the Tapes from the interview. Sands will also be before the committee to testify. We'll be covering the hearing as it happens, so stay tuned for updates. ... Source: syracuse.injuryboard.com --- 12 days ago
http://talkback.lancasteronline.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2161 Secret documents on Gitmo's youngest detainee revealed Diane Sweet Published: Saturday July 12, 2008 Secret documents were unsealed this week showing for the first time the extent of Canada's federal government's knowledge of the treatment of Omar Khadr inside of Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Khadr is Canada's only prisoner detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay. At age 17, Khadr was placed in a special program at the camp that intentionally deprived him of sleep, and moved him every 3 hours for 21 days in order to prepare him to speak to government officials. It is reported that the document release is just ahead of a release of video Tapes of the interviews with those government officials that will give the first look at a detainee being questioned at the prison. From the Canadian news The Globe and Mail: "On a number of occasions, the teenager was observed crying uncontrollably, and claiming he was at least partly blind. He removed his shirt to show interviewers bullet wounds, one of them still seeping blood, that he had suffered to his back and stomach during a battle in Afghanistan. The documents show that: Mr. Khadr was subjected to what was known as a "frequent flyer program," which moves a prisoner from cell to cell every three hours 24 hours a day. The idea is to keep prisoners from resting, making them more susceptible to Interrogation. A F ... Source: lawlib.lclark.edu --- 95 days ago
Interrogation Tapes Not Part of Court Order, C.I.A. Insists ... Source: www.amnestyusa.org --- 108 days ago
The destruction by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of videotapes of the Interrogation of two high value detainees in 2002 amounts to obstruction of justice and concealment of evidence. ...
Source: denver.yourhub.com --- 108 days ago
Join Active Minds as we examine the history and current challenges facing the Central Intelligence Agency. We will discuss the recent controversy regarding destruction of Interrogation Tapes as well as the origins of the C.I.A. after World War II and how the C.I.A. functioned during the Cold War.... ... Source: TheState.com --- 66 days ago
Attorneys for a suspected enemy combatant held in South Carolina want an order to preserve remaining evidence in his case. The lawyers said in documents filed late Monday that an order is needed because the government already has admitted it destroyed Tapes of his interrogations. His attorneys say that Tapes already destroyed by the government would have shown that Ali al-Marri "was subjected to a brutal Interrogation regime bordering on, if not amounting to torture." Prosecutors have said no order is needed because a Defense Department memo directs preservation of all evidence in such cases, including al-Marri's. Al-Marri has been held in isolation at a Navy brig near Charleston for almost five years. Prosecutors have said the legal resident alien from Qatar was a threat to national security and had links to al-Qaida. ... Source: podcasts.portlandmercury.com --- 82 days ago
Dave Allen says: I became a fan of Australia's Cut Copy through their online mix Tapes which have been made available here and there. Their album Bright Like Neon Love came out in 2004 and this March you can now get Lights and Music which is a remix ep by the look of it. Visit the Cut Copy blog to get a free download of a track from their upcoming new release 'In Ghost Colours.' I overheard someone at the party say, "Why's it taken so long for a band to come along and pick up where New Order left off?" True, true a fine compliment. The boys are extremely personable and very clear about their situation but they still foolishly allowed themselves to be interviewed by me. Because of the background noise and their thick Australian accents they may have got off lightly during the Moose Interrogation. Two takeaway quotes from the interview for me when I asked them about the internet and the ability to get music into peoples hands were "The powers gone back into the hands of the bands," and "It's time for the labels to try and catch up." That must put a chill into the hearts of the folks at their label, Interscope. Watch the YouTube version here . Or right-click/control click to download your own iTunes/iPhone version here . And you can get their rather fabulous mix tape here . [MP3]: Cut Copy - Lights and Music ... Source: freedemocracy.blogspot.com --- 95 days ago
The Guardian · No evidence of al-Qaida suspect's Interrogation · CCTV automatically recorded over Tapes The former head of interrogations at Guantánamo Bay found that records of an al-Qaida suspect tortured at the prison camp were mysteriously lost by the US military, according to a new book by one of Britain's top human rights lawyers. Retired general Michael Dunlavey, who supervised Guantánamo for eight months in 2002, tried to locate records on Mohammed al-Qahtani, accused by the US of plotting the 9/11 attacks, but found they had disappeared. The records on al-Qahtani, who was interrogated for 48 days - "were backed up ... after I left, there was a snafu and all was lost", Dunlavey told Philippe Sands QC, who reports the conversation in his book Torture Team, previewed last week by the Guardian. Snafu stands for Situation Normal: All Fucked Up. ..... The CIA admitted last year that it destroyed videotapes of al-Qaida suspects being interrogated at a secret "black site" in Thailand. No proof has so far emerged that Tapes of interrogations at Guantánamo were destroyed, but Sands' report suggests the US may have also buried politically sensitive proof relating to abuse by interrogators at the prison camp....... ... Source: anna-kournikova-flash.blogspot.com --- 33 days ago
1 Jose Gonzales 2 New Age - Various Artists 3 Endless Journey Jose Gonzales Jose Gonzales José González | In Our Nature MySpace music profile for Jose Gonzalez with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more MySpace.com - Jose Gonzalez - Göteborg - Acoustic - www.myspace.com ... MySpace profile for jose with pictures, videos, personal blog, interests, information about me and more sweet acoustic sounds from an upcoming artist jose gonzales. Swedish singer-songwriter of Argentinian descent Jose Gonzalez will play Sziget Festival this year. More questions are being raised about the destruction of the CIA Interrogation/torture Tapes, Jose Rodriguez (former head of clandestine services at the CIA) and the hands-on involvement in the decisions on tape destruction by Alberto Gonzales and David Addington. I'm all in favor of holding the several people in the White House who intervened to destroy evidence responsible for their actions: I expect Steven Cambone, Rummy, David Addington, Alberto Gonzales, and probably Cheney deserve the heat for destroying the torture Tapes.But as we begin to hear about Jose Rodriguez considering immunity... Shayana Kadidal discusses Mukasey's role in the trial of Jose Padilla, his view on presidential power and the significance of the news that that the Justice Department under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales secretly issued legal opinions that reportedly authoriz ... Find more results for Interrogation Tapes on RSSMicro.com |
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ABC News Canada given insight into Guantanamo BBC News - 3 hours ago By Lee Carter Grainy video images of the 2003 Interrogation of tearful Canadian detainee Omar Khadr at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay have given the Canadian public a rare glimpse of a young man who has become a polarising figure in his home ... Video: Guantanamo Bay Interrogation video released - 15 July 08 AlJazeeraEnglish Tapes show Interrogation of sobbing teen Fort Worth Star Telegram New York Times - Detroit Free Press - The Associated Press - Chicago Tribune all 1,627 news articles ...
Filed under: Bush Administration , Terror In documents filed in Federal District Court yesterday, two CIA officers testified that the agency has found no evidence of deliberate destruction of evidence in the case of a Guantanamo Bay detainee. The Agency has been under fire since late last year for alleged purposeful destruction of videotapes of detainee interrogations. Critics of the Administration's enhanced Interrogation program, in which harsh methods are used against high-value terrorist detainees, say that the destruction of the Tapes was part of a broader effort by the CIA to conceal evidence of torture in the interrogations program. The Bush Administration says that the Tapes were destroyed to protect the identities of CIA officers, whose faces can be seen on them. Lawyers for some of the Guantanamo Bay detainees pounced on the revelation of the Tapes' destruction to claim that evidence on the Tapes may have been useful to their clients in separate lawsuits challenging the conditions of their detention. The detainees alleged that the destruction of Tapes violated a 2005 court order demanding that the government preserve all evidence related to the cases of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The documents filed yesterday were in response to a court ordered hearing on the destruction of the Tapes. Robert Dietz, the head of a special the office in the CIA that handles requests for information from lawmakers and Federal i ...
The actions of a key figure in a controversy over destroyed Interrogation Tapes show the C.I.A.’s protective instinct. ...
Dear Bureau Pat: In 2005, the CIA clearly
felt that their Interrogation procedures might be subject to scrutiny.
Under what circumstances would the CIA be required to submit Tapes of
their interrogations of terror suspects? Who would have the authority
to request this confidential information and how would they go about
mandating it? Dear Watchdog, Your
question(s) have been under investigation by two oversight
committees within Congress and, because these questions are of a
sensitive nature and addressed in closed hearings where the public and
the media are not allowed access, we may never have all the answers.
These committees are: 1. The Select Committee on Intelligence, led by Chairman Jay Rockefeller,
who, among other duties, provides vigilant legislative oversight into
the intelligence activities of the United States, assuring that such
activities conform to the Constitution and laws of the United States. 2. The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, led by Chairman Silvestre Reyes .
Stemming from the Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980, the Committee's
jurisdiction is to keep tabs on the heads of those intelligence
agencies who are mandated to keep the Committees "fully and currently
informed" of their activities, including "any significant anticipated
intelligence activity." Typically, overt or covert
actions within the administration are pursued by administrative policy
(in this case c ...
By Joseph A. Curtatone
(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries of The Somerville News belong solely to the authors of those commentaries and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville News, its staff or publishers.)
Earlier this month, our police department unveiled a new weapon in the fight on crime. As is so often the case these days, that weapon isn't a firearm or a special vehicle, but a computer-based technology that enhances communication, reduces paperwork, and allows police officers to spend more time on the streets instead of behind their desks.
That new weapon is the VideOversight Interrogation recording and case management system - and it is already changing the way the police conduct and manage interrogations. Anyone who watches “Law and Order” or “CSI” knows that interrogations work best when they are viewed by multiple personnel - and when Tapes are made to preserve the context and detail of statements made to the police. Yet interrogations can be more productive if they are managed by one or two skilled police officers working to build trust and reduce apprehension on the part of a suspect. That's why so many TV shows feature two-way mirrors with assistant district attorneys and police commanders watching from adjacent rooms.
In the real world, the work of reviewing and interpreting interrogations is more often done with video tape recordings, but (as anyone who' ...