google.com - 3/5/2009
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15 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) CIA Director Leon Panetta says agency employees who took part in harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects are not in danger of being punished. Panetta delivered that message to CIA employees in an e-mail Thursday, reiterating what he told Congress last month. He ...
talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/6/2009
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
(Editor's Note: This statement was released by the
ACLU on March 6, 2009) ACLU: CIA Confirms 12
Destroyed Videotapes Depicted "Enhanced Interrogation Methods" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2009 NEW YORK - As part of an American Civil Liberties Union ...
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latimes.com - 3/3/2009
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latimes.com —
Monday's acknowledgment involved a civil lawsuit filed in
New York by the American Civil Liberties Union, which
sought details of the interrogation programs that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "The CIA can now identify the number of videotapes ...
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CIA destroyed 92 tapes of suspect questioning, ...
weeklystandard.com - 3/10/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
Scott Ritter, the former U.N. weapons inspector who
was arrested " after allegedly communicating with an undercover
officer posing as a 16-year-old girl ," has joined six other fairly fringe figures to endorse Dennis Blair's appointment of Chas ...
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CIA to Get Investigated
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... But while some on the left are hungry for punishment, the
committee's investigation is unlikely to lead to prosecutions: according to the Associated Press, however,
CIA Director Leon Panetta said in a memo to agency employees that those
who took part in harsh interrogations will not be punished as a result
of the investigation. ...
Panetta: No one to be punished for interrogations
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... employee who adhered to their legal guidance on interrogations. He sent the message after the Senate Intelligence Committee announced its review of the CIA's interrogation and detention program under President George W. Bush. The committee will look at how the CIA decided whom to interrogate, whether it told Congress the truth about the program and whether it was legal. It will also try to determine whether the harsher methods the CIA used elicited valuable intelligence. Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5guiSG...
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