Federal judge: CIA not in contempt for destroying interrogation tapes

[News Feed]

A federal judge on Monday rejected arguments that the CIA should be held in contempt for destroying videotapes allegedly showing the torture of detainees during interrogations.

Original Source: CNN
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[cecilia]

Government officials have said the tapes were destroyed in November 2005 at the orders of Jose Rodriguez, then head of the CIA's National Clandestine Service (NCS), with the approval of NCS lawyers. Then-CIA Director Mike Hayden wrote in a December 2007 staff memo saying the tapes were made as "an internal check" on the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques and the decision to destroy them was made "only after it was determined they were no longer of intelligence value and relevant to any internal, legislative or judicial inquires."

I really don't understand this
but then I was educated in science where you just NEVER destroy raw data, no matter what it is. are they ashamed of something?

you would think dickless " love Torture" cheney would want to have evidence of waterboarding?

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

I really don't understand this
but then I was educated in science where you just NEVER destroy raw data, no matter what it is. are they ashamed of something?

Destruction of evidence is destruction of evidence except when the evidence is destroyed as part of a document retention policy. It becomes an issue if document destruction occurs after the start of a court proceeding when an order to keep documents may be issued. At least that is my understanding of what I have seen in the private sector. There are certain types of documents that need to be preserved for specified numbers of years but those are mostly to do with tax. Day to day stuff you can destroy as you wish so long as it fits within a stated policy.

Of course the CIA (and the White House it seems) are a law unto themselves and they can pretty much do as they wish.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Apparently you the CIA is also protected from being sued by people it used as human guinea pigs.