CIA lied to 9/11 Commission

[kpete]

CIA withheld al Qaeda tapes from 9/11 panel
Sat Dec 22, 2007

(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.

more at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN22299505

[Kolesar]

1. That's a conspiracy

For these plausible reasons:
(A) The middling bureaucrats* wanted to protect their jobs from Bush/Cheney retaliation, or
(B) The middling bureaucrats supported the agenda of the militarist Bush/Cheney administration.

*Soulless and evil middling bureaucrats, in that case

[Echo In Light]

3. Six of one, half a dozen of the other

[CJCRANE]

2. Someone telling the truth to the 9/11 Commission

would be news.

[kentuck]

4. So, what's the Republicans gonna do about it??

We know the Democrats are not able to do anything? So, it's up to the Republicans.

[madokie]

5. you got that right,

we need new leaders its as simple as that. we have a bull in the china closet and all these two present leaders wants to do is not piss him off more. I want the bastards removed, get 'em the fuck out of here.