Bush: CIA tapes story returns
Posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:03 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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White House, Security
The New York Times reports that at least four White House lawyers -- Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers, David Addington, and John B. Bellinger -- took part in discussions with the CIA between 2003 and 2005 over whether to destroy the videotapes showing the interrogations of two Al Qaeda operatives. “The accounts indicate that the involvement of White House officials in the discussions before the destruction of the tapes in November 2005 was more extensive than Bush administration officials have acknowledged.”
“It was previously reported that some administration officials had advised against destroying the tapes, but the emerging picture of White House involvement is more complex. In interviews, several administration and intelligence officials provided conflicting accounts as to whether anyone at the White House expressed support for the idea that the tapes should be destroyed.”