According to an article in the New York Times, the Defense Department has reported nearly 50 destroyed video tapes documenting interrogations of two terrorism suspects, including footage of forcible gagging. After the Pentagon review that was sparked this January when the CIA acknowledged the destruction of certain videos of interrogations, it appears that more interrogations […]

Destruction of evidence is never a laughing matter – especially where the evidence is videotapes of harsh interrogation tactics employed by government officials. The latest hype in the CIA’s destruction of videos depicting interrogation of alleged al-Qaeda suspects at Camp Delta includes U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Roberts ordering the Bush Administration to provide […]

The American Civil Liberties Union had sued the U.S. Department of Defense under the Freedom of Information Act, and pursuant to a court order issued in 2004, the CIA was supposed to preserve videotapes depicting interrogation of supposed al-Queda detainees. However, notwithstanding the court order, the tapes were destroyed in 2005. The judge in the […]