|
|
Μεταφράστε:
             
Η CIA αρνείται να αναποδογυρίσει τα έγγραφα ταινιών βασανιστηρίων
Πέμπτη, 14η Μαΐου 2009
Η CIA απαιτεί ότι η ακεραιότητα της έρευνας για τα διαπραχθέντα εγκλήματα ενός πρόσθετου κατηγόρου σχετικά με την καταστροφή 92 μαγνητοταινιών ερώτησης θα συμβιβαστεί εάν η αντιπροσωπεία αναγκάζεται να αναποδογυρίσει τα λεπτομερή έγγραφα στην αμερικανική αστική ένωση ελευθεριών (ACLU) περιγράφοντας το περιεχόμενο των ταινιών, σύμφωνα με τα πρόσφατα δημοσιευμένα έγγραφα δικαστηρίων. Σε μια επιστολή 5 Μαΐου στο δικαστή Alvin Hellerstein, LEV Dassin, ο ενεργών αμερικανικός πληρεξούσιος αμερικανικού περιφερειακού δικαστηρίου για τη νότια περιοχή της Νέας Υόρκης, είπε ότι το Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης διοργάνωσε πρόσφατα τις συζητήσεις με τους εισαγγελείς που εργάζονται στην έρευνα για τα διαπραχθέντα εγκλήματα σχετικά με την καταστροφή των ταινιών ερώτησης και ενημερώθηκε ότι «η παραγωγή των εγγράφων… θα συγκρουόταν και θα παρεμπόδιζε ουσιαστικά τη [] έρευνα για τα διαπραχθέντα εγκλήματα» σχετικά με την καταστροφή των ταινιών ερώτησης. «Δεδομένου ότι το δικαστήριο γνωρίζει, το πεδίο εφαρμογής της έρευνας ταινιών περιλαμβάνει την αναθεώρηση εάν οποιοδήποτε πρόσωπο εμπόδισε τη δικαιοσύνη, που έγινε εσκεμμένα υλικά τις ψεύτικες δηλώσεις, ή που ενέργησαν στην περιφρόνηση του δικαστηρίου ή το συνέδριο σχετικά με την καταστροφή των μαγνητοταινιών,» επιστολή Dassin λέει. «Η κυβέρνηση έτσι με σεβασμό ζητά [μια προηγούμενη δικαστική απόφαση που απαιτεί τη CIA αναποδογυρίζει τις λεπτομερείς περιγραφές του περιεχομένου των ταινιών] να αποσυρθεί ή ειδάλλως να μείνει έως ότου έχει ολοκληρωθεί η έρευνα ταινιών.» Το Amrit Singh, ένας πληρεξούσιος προσωπικού ACLU, είπε ότι η κίνηση είναι «μια κλασική τακτική καθυστέρησης CIA.» Στο δικαστήριο έγγραφα, είπε ότι η κυβέρνηση χρησιμοποιεί την έρευνα για τα διαπραχθέντα εγκλήματα «ως πρόφαση για κατά τρόπο αόριστο να αναβάλει» την υποχρέωσή της να παραγάγει τα έγγραφα σχετικά με την καταστροφή των μαγνητοταινιών. «Η κυβέρνηση δεν κάνει καμία αναφορά μιας αναμενόμενης υπόδειξης ως προς το χρόνο για την ολοκλήρωση [πρόσθετος κατήγορος John] έρευνας Durham [της «s],» το ACLU είπε στο δικαστήριο τα έγγραφα. «Ούτε έχει τον κ. Durham παρείχε μια δήλωση υπέρ της κυβερνητικής θέσης.» Το Hellerstein φάνηκε να συμφωνεί. Επισήμανε σε μια διαταγή δύο-σελίδων ότι Durham είχε βήμα προς τα εμπρός για να μην δηλώσει ότι ο έλεγχός του θα εμποδιζόταν εάν τα έγγραφα σχετικά με την καταστροφή των ταινιών αναποδογυρίστηκαν στο ACLU. Στην πραγματικότητα, σε μια αρχειοθέτηση δικαστηρίων Μαρτίου, Dassin σημείωσε ότι μια παραμονή της κίνησης περιφρόνησης που αρχειοθετήθηκε από το ACLU που επιδιώκει την απελευθέρωση των ταινιών επιτράπηκε για να λήξει στις 28 Φεβρουαρίου χωρίς ένα αίτημα για μια συνέχεια - επισημαίνοντας ότι η έρευνα Durham ήταν πλήρης. Τον Ιανουάριο, Durham είχε δείξει σε ένα δικαστήριο που αρχειοθετεί ότι ανέμεινε να τυλίξει επάνω τον έλεγχό του μέχρι το τέλος του Φεβρουαρίου. Last month, however, Durham questioned the CIA’s former number three official, Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, about the destruction of the tapes. Foggo, who was sentenced to three years in prison for fraud for steering lucrative contracts to a friend, was due to report to federal prison, but Durham asked for a delay so he could question him about the tape destruction. In December 2007, the ACLU filed a motion to hold the CIA in contempt for its destruction of the tapes in violation of a court order requiring the agency to produce or identify all records requested by the ACLU related to the CIA’s interrogation of “war on terror” detainees. Hellerstein ordered the Justice Department, on behalf of the CIA, to file legal briefs by May 27 justifying the reasons for withholding the documents. He added that those papers should include affidavits, including a declaration from the special prosecutor investigating the tape destruction Those documents “may include also any reasons why the identity of persons involved in the destruction should not be disclosed,” Hellerstein wrote in a two-page order. Several weeks ago, Dassin revealed in another court filing that the CIA has about 3,000 documents related to the 92 destroyed videotapes, suggesting an extensive back-and-forth between CIA field operatives and officials of the Bush administration. The Justice Department said the documents include “cables, memoranda, notes and e-mails” related to the destroyed CIA videotapes. In last week’s court filing, Dassin said, “those 3,000 records included ‘contemporaneous records,’ which were created at the time of the interrogation or at the time the videotapes were viewed, ‘intelligence record,’ which do not describe the interrogations but contain raw intelligence collected from the interrogations, ‘derivative records,’ which summarize information contained within the contemporaneous records, and documents related to the location of the interrogations, that upon further review by the CIA, were determined not to relate to the interrogations or to the destroyed videotapes.” The ACLU and the government have jointly proposed that the government describe the contents of the “contemporaneous” and “derivative” records, but not the intelligence records or the “other records that ultimately proved to be unrelated to the interrogations or the videotapes.” Dassin said the Justice Department intends to turn over additional indexes next month, and on May 18 will produce a list of “all contemporaneous records and all derivative records” related to the destruction of the interrogation tapes, but he added that quite a bit of information will be withheld. In previous court filings, Dassin acknowledged that 12 videotapes, showed Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, being subjected to waterboarding and other harsh methods. The 80 other videotapes purportedly show Zubaydah and al-Nashiri in their prison cells. Some of the videotapes predated the Justice Department’s August 1, 2002, legal memo authorizing CIA interrogators to use ten torturous methods against “high-value” detainees. But it’s unknown whether the interrogation tapes that predate the August 1, 2002, “torture” depict “enhanced interrogation” techniques not yet approved by the Justice Department. Last week, the CIA turned over to the ACLU documents that showed CIA interrogators at a secret “black site” prison provided top agency officials in Langley with daily “torture” updates of Abu Zubaydah, the alleged “high-level” terrorist detainee, who was waterboarded 83 times in August 2002. The documents included two sets of indexes (Part I) (Part II), totaling 52 pages that contained general descriptions of cables sent back to CIA headquarters describing the August 2002, videotaped interrogation sessions of Zubaydah. Those cable transmissions included a description of the techniques interrogators had used and the intelligence, if any, culled from those sessions. The CIA and the Justice Department declined to turn over a more detailed description of the cables its field agents sent back to headquarters, citing several exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act. In a two-page letter accompanying the indexes, CIA Associate General Counsel John McPherson wrote that a “senior government official” would submit a declaration on May 22 “that more fully explains the justifications for withholding a more detailed description of the cables.”
*************Jason Leopold is editor in chief of The Public Record, www.pubrecord.org Have Your Say: CIA Refuses to Turn Over Torture Tape Documents Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. One Response to “CIA Refuses to Turn Over Torture Tape Documents”
Related News
|
Battle of Britain 2009 - Taking the NAZI propaganda out head on! Last post by Unregistered @ 01:43 AM
Go to Forum
| Latest Topics
Our Economy Is Going to Keep Tanking Until We Stop Shoveling Billions to Rich People Last post by Unregistered @ 01:29 AM House passes bills to recognize seven tribes Last post by Nostalgia @ 01:10 AM Fossil Teeth Hint at Animal Adaptation to Global Warming Last post by Nostalgia @ 01:02 AM Online Behavioral Targeting Targeted by Feds, Critics Last post by Nostalgia @ 12:58 AM Bin Laden's Obama criticism a sign he is worried Last post by Nostalgia @ 12:49 AM Cheney's secret briefings defended interrogations Last post by Nostalgia @ 12:45 AM  Email This Page To A Friend Latest Headlines
More Breaking News  Archive
|
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 ...
The destruction of 92 tapes by the CIA, (almost 100 tapes), tapes of interrogations of terrorist suspects, is a clear and egregious felony violation of the USA Patriot Act.
The destruction of evidence in a terrorist investigation, (destruction of 92 tapes), is a felony violation of the USA Patriot Act.
Additionally, the admission of the destruction of CIA tapes of terrorist suspect interrogations and investigations is an admission of providing false information on terrorism to the US courts.
The CIA, (previous to my posting here), had admitted the destruction of a small number, (less than five interrogation tapes), when last ordered by the courts to produce tapes of terrorist investigations. The CIA informed the court that they had destroyed all terrorist interrogation tapes made by the CIA; this was a perjury and provided false information on terrorism.
The CIA withheld information from a court of law and provided false information to that court of law concerning terrorism, (that there were no more tapes and that all tapes had been destroyed). The false information the CIA gave to the court, (that all tapes had been destroyed), was a singular act of treason under the USA Patriot Act, an egregious felony violation of the USA Patriot Act, (as providing false information on terrorism is a felony violation of the USA Patriot Act).
The CIA knowingly provided false information to the courts about terrorism when they admitted to the court that they had destroyed all tapes.
Furthermore, the CIA admitted to a Congressional investigation committee that all tapes had been destroyed which we now know was a felony violation of the USA Patriot Act, providing false information on terrorism, (to the Congress of the United States of America).
The destruction of 92 tapes by the CIA of terrorist interrogations is a clear and egregious felony violation of the USA Patriot Act. Destruction of evidence in a terrorist investigation is a felony violation of the USA Patriot Act. That the CIA withheld information of terrorism from the courts in violation of court orders and provided false information to the courts with respect to the existence of the, (recently), destroyed 92 CIA tapes of terrorist interrogations and investigations is a felony violation of the USA Patriot Act.