Destroyed terror interrogation expected to dominate attorney general's first press conference

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey is to meet the press publicly for the first time Tuesday with a decidedly tense topic on the agenda: the CIA's destruction of videotapes of terror suspect interrogations.


Officially, Mukasey's news conference in Washington will focus on U.S. relations with European Union justice ministers. Specifically, the officials, who also include Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, are meeting to discuss U.S. visa policy, extradition treaties and other border measures.

But Mukasey, a retired federal judge who presided over several high-profile terror trials while on the bench in Manhattan, is expected to face questioning about whether the CIA ever asked the Justice Department for advice on destroying the videotapes.

Several senators also are demanding to know whether Mukasey has decided whether an interrogation tactic known as waterboarding is a form of torture — an issue that almost derailed his confirmation last month.



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[Javaman]

1. and dominate the news so we can all just forget about the NIE report.

because you know, shredding tapes really out weighs potentially bombing a nation when it comes to the news cycle.

[GodlessBiker]

2. Any bets that he will come out and say he can't discuss it but will take other questions?

[maddezmom]

3. links to the presser here:

rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/ter/ter121107_mukasey.rm

http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=Atty.%20General%20Michael%20Mukasey%20and%20Sec.%20of%20Homeland%20Security%20Michael%20Chertoff%20News%20Conference&link=rtsp%3A%2F%2Fvideo.c%2Dspan.org%2Fproject%2Fter%2Fter121107%5Fmukasey.rm