The C.I.A. destroyed two tapes which documented the interrogation techniques performed on two Qaeda operatives in 2002. The tapes were destroyed in 2005, right in the middle of a congressional investigation into the conduct of the C.I.A. with specific interest in the brutality of its techniques.
Want to know what the C.I.A. has to say for itself?
"The tapes were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that video showing harsh interrogation methods could expose agency officials to legal risks, several officials said."
Here's an analogous situation:
[Store Clerk]: "Hey kid, why did you put all those bottles in your shirt?"
[Nefarious Teenager]: "I didn't want you to see me stealing your alcohol."
The chief claim that the C.I.A. made is that releasing the videos would subject the American interrogators in them to Al Qaeda's wrath, and that they didn't have any informational value any more. Really? That's the best you can come up with?
Going back to the analogous situation:
[Cops]: "Kid, why'd you steal the alcohol?"
[Nefarious Teenager]: "My pregnant mom got really thirsty when she was in rehab."
What a terrible excuse. By that logic, the C.I.A. should destroy every single video and documentation regarding the questioning of Qaeda operatives that they have. It's not as if the video would be made public. A congressional investigation requested to see evidence of interrogation techniques, and that's as far as the tape needed to go.
They're acting a lot like first graders who have chocolate all over their hands and faces and say "no" when the teacher asks if they took the chocolate.
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3 comments:
strange they would be that forthcoming and open in a way that makes them look so bad, but also makes you wonder all the times they do stuff like that and we never know about it.
First of all, thank you for your complement on my headband. haha. Second of all, thank you for the information on Obama not mentioning National Healthcare. I am a firm supporter of it, and I would definitely want to vote for someone who plans on enacting it. Finally, I think its quite strange the CIA would destroy those videos. I mean, they are documents of interrogation techniques, and I would think that that is pretty important. I really do hope that they don't destroy videos that often. That definitely wouldn't be good.
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