|
|
Translate:
              CIA rebuts 9/11 suggestion
Monday, December 24th, 2007 CIA rebuts suggestion it did not cooperate with 9/11 Commission investigation
David Remes, an attorney for a dozen Yemeni prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, speaks to reporters following a hearing in federal court as costumed protestors stage a demonstration The CIA on Saturday rebutted suggestions the spy agency was uncooperative and hid from the Sept. 11 commission the videotaped interrogations of two suspected terrorists, saying it waited until the panel went out of business before destroying the material now in question. The destruction in late 2005 of the videotapes of two al-Qaida suspects has upset a federal judge and riled the Democratic-controlled Congress, which has promised an investigation. The Justice Department also is trying to find out what happened and whether any laws were broken. A recent memo by Philip Zelikow, the former executive director of the Sept. 11 commission, suggests the CIA was less than forthcoming when asked for documents and other information from the panel, which investigated the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The CIA disputed that characterization and suggested the panel should have requested interrogation videotapes specifically if it wanted them. “The notion that the CIA wasn’t cooperative or forthcoming with the 9/11 commission is just plain wrong. It is utterly without foundation,” spokesman Mark Mansfield said Saturday. “The CIA’s cooperation and assistance is what enabled the 9/11 commission to reconstruct the plot in their very comprehensive report.” In a statement e-mailed separately Saturday, Mansfield suggested the commission should have been specific about wanting videotapes. “Because it was thought the commission could ask about tapes at some point, they were not destroyed while the commission was active,” he said. Mansfield, citing similar comments this month by CIA Director Michael Hayden, added that “the tapes were destroyed only when it was determined they were no longer of intelligence value and not relevant to any internal, legislative, or judicial inquiries.” Zelikow’s seven-page memo, dated Dec. 13, reviews the commission’s requests for information from the CIA. It cites a Jan. 26, 2004, meeting of commission members and administration officials, including then-CIA Director George Tenet, at which the government offered to present written questions to the detainees and relay their answers back to the commission. “None of the government officials in any of these 2004 meetings alluded to the existence of recordings of interrogations or any further information in the government’s possession that was relevant to the commission’s requests,” Zelikow wrote. Near the end of the commission’s work, and in response to a request by the commission to all agencies, John McLaughlin, then the deputy CIA director, confirmed on June 29, 2004, that the CIA had “taken and completed all reasonable steps necessary to find the documents in its possession, custody or control responsive” to the commission’s formal requests and “has produced or made available for review” all such documents, the memo said. The existence of Zelikow’s memo was first reported by The New York Times. Have Your Say: CIA rebuts 9/11 suggestion Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
|
Just The Facts Please Last post by sprucejuice @ 11:00 PM Go to Forum
| Latest Topics
FEMA sources confirm coming martial law Last post by ZingPao @ 10:29 PM Be careful what you vote for because you just might get it Last post by maasanova @ 09:55 PM March On Bank Of England Friday Last post by loki @ 09:02 PM 4,000 'dead people' found on voter rolls in Houston Last post by jamiedb @ 07:58 PM Berlusconi Says Leaders May Close World's Markets Last post by jamiedb @ 07:53 PM I Hate To Say I Told You So; But I told You So! Last post by jamiedb @ 07:43 PM Tributes paid to Che Last post by Unregistered @ 02:15 PM Labour's political gain will turn to sand. Last post by Unregistered @ 02:03 PM Crash of Western Capitalist Civilization?-“The New World Order.” Last post by Unregistered @ 01:51 PM  Email This Page To A Friend Latest Headlines
More Breaking News  Archive |
TOP NEWS DISCUSSIONS |
LATEST NEWS DISCUSSIONS |
|
|
Spooks in the classroom Govt. Uses Contractors to Probe Iraq Contractors The establishment that destroyed America's first republic Seven Years After 9/11, Spies Finally Forced to Share |
Mick Meaney commented on: Spooks in the classroom I’ve removed your misinformation spam links. Please keep things on topic. Cheers. Continue Reading & Reply mark smith commented on: The EU’s control structure, inside and outside Britain Its all connected to the bilderberg and new world order Continue Reading & Reply Mad Boffin commented on: Jon Snow: “Editors sold their souls” to MoD Would you put your valuables in your garden for someone to steel? So, do you suppose the... Continue Reading & Reply Maximus V commented on: The establishment that destroyed America’s first republic America is currently under administrative “Martial Law” and... Continue Reading & Reply |
|
The views expressed in the RINF news wire and newsletter are the sole responsibility of the author (s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the webmaster. RINF.COM: Breaking News & Alternative Media is Copyleft - Copy & Distribute Freely. News Forum |
Loading ...
