CIA Torture Coverup Was Worse Than We Knew
Remember those two videotapes documenting "enhanced interrogation" that the CIA destroyed, despite a judge's order to preserve such evidence? Well, it turns out the agency wiped 90 more just like them.
Remember those two videotapes documenting “enhanced interrogation” that the CIA destroyed, despite a judge’s order to preserve such evidence? Well, it turns out the agency wiped 90 more just like them.
Rooted in Truth.BBC:
The Central intelligence Agency (CIA) has destroyed 92 tapes of interviews conducted with terror suspects, a US government lawyer has admitted.
The agency had previously said that it had destroyed only two tapes.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a lawsuit against the CIA to seek details of the interrogations of terror suspects.
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