2007-12-19 Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of Tapes

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Date:	2007-12-19
Link:	http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/washington/19cnd-cia.html
Author:	Mark Mazzetti (writingscat) Scott Shane (writingscat)
Source:	New York Times (articlescat)
Topics:	Bush-Cheney administration corruption destruction of evidence Bush-Cheney administration/torture US destruction of interrogation video Harriet Miers John Bellinger Alberto Gonzales David Addington
Categories:	Bush-Cheney administration corruption destruction of evidence Bush-Cheney administration/torture US destruction of interrogation video Harriet Miers John Bellinger Alberto Gonzales David Addington

Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of Tapes

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At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda, according to current and former administration and intelligence officials.

The accounts indicate that the involvement of White House officials in the discussions before the destruction of the tapes in November 2005 was more extensive than Bush administration officials have acknowledged.

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“At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda, according to current and former administration and intelligence officials.”