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Title: Did the CIA Also Destroy Padilla Interrogation Tapes?
Source:
Young Turks
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Published: Dec 8, 2007
Author: Cenk Uygur
Post Date: 2007-12-08 13:26:56 by Zipporah
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Comments: 3
A long time ago when AOL Newsbloggers first started, I had a debate with the Powerline guys about Jose Padilla. One of the elements of that debate was a missing interrogation tape. I was incredulous -- as was the judge in the case -- that a critical interrogation tape simply disappeared. Paul Mirengoff and John Hinderaker, on the other hand, were more than happy to trust the government, as is their nature (as long as the government is a Republican one).
Well, it turns out that the CIA has indeed destroyed several interrogation tapes after all. This was not an honest mistake where the tapes were misplaced. They took evidence and threw it in the garbage. Now, they might be facing obstruction of justice charges. Whoops.
It's almost as if you shouldn't blindly trust what your government tells you. It's almost as if our whole constitution is built on the premise that you shouldn't blindly trust your government.
Now, this case is not the same as the Padilla case. In this instance, CIA Director Michael Hayden is referring to the tapes of two other interrogations. But while Congress is investigating these tapes, they shouldn't forget to ask about the "missing" Padilla interrogation tape, either.
What happened to the Padilla tape? Was it also destroyed? Are the two cases connected? If the Padilla interrogation tapes were destroyed, what implication does that have on his trial?
But, first and foremost, the CIA should tell us what really happened to the tape of Jose Padilla's interrogation.
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
no doubt It's time to destroy any incriminating evidence, including innocent victims.
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Jose Padilla was/is a central figure to several nation shaking events, it seems to me. He certainly seems to be the "second" person at the OKC bombing and my guess is he was brain killed by extreme torture to assure his silence. The only question is why the CIA didn't just kill him to silence him.
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#2. To: Zipporah, *libertarians* (#0)
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