{"id":2100,"date":"2007-12-24T19:23:22","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T19:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/911-truth\/cia-kept-tapes-from-911-probe\/2100\/"},"modified":"2007-12-24T19:23:22","modified_gmt":"2007-12-24T19:23:22","slug":"cia-kept-tapes-from-911-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/911-truth\/cia-kept-tapes-from-911-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA ‘kept’ tapes from 9\/11 probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

A leaked memorandum from the former 9\/11 commission says it made repeated requests to the CIA for information on the interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects.<\/strong> <\/font>But ex-commission executive director Philip Zelikow says the CIA did not hand over tapes that have since come to light, the New York Times reported.<\/p>\n

The CIA later erased the footage, which allegedly contains images of abuse.<\/p>\n

The memo urges a further investigation into whether the agency acted illegally by withholding the recordings. <\/p>\n

The CIA says there was no specific request for the tapes, which reportedly contained images of interrogation techniques including water-boarding, which simulates drowning. The CIA denies torture.<\/p>\n

‘Clearly obstructed’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The agency filmed the footage in 2002 and erased it in 2005, a year after the commission ended its work.<\/p>\n

The commission conducted an internal review earlier this month after the deleted CIA tapes came to light.<\/p>\n

A copy of Mr Zelikow’s findings, dated 13 December, was obtained by The New York Times.<\/p>\n

His memorandum notes the commission asked the CIA in 2003 and 2004 for “documents”, “reports” and “information” relating to interrogations.<\/p>\n

But, the report says, a CIA director replied in 2004 that it had already “produced or made available for review” all relevant material.<\/p>\n

Mr Zelikow’s seven-page findings conclude “further investigation is needed” to determine if the CIA’s withholding of the tapes violated federal law.<\/p>\n

It notes that it is illegal to “knowingly and wilfully” withhold or “cover up” a “material fact” from a federal inquiry.<\/p>\n

The CIA insisted on Saturday it had gone to great lengths to help the commission, which was set up to investigate al-Qaeda’s 11 September 2001 attacks on the US.<\/p>\n

The agency’s spokesman Mark Mansfield said: “Because it was thought the commission could ask about tapes at some point, they were not destroyed while the commission was active.”<\/p>\n

But one of the commission chairmen, former Democratic congressman Lee Hamilton, told the New York Times the CIA had “clearly obstructed” the commission’s work.<\/p>\n

The CIA and the Department of Justice have already launched an inquiry into the erasing of the tapes.<\/p>\n

The agency said the footage was deleted to protect the identities of agents and because it was no longer of intelligence value.<\/p>\n

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