CIA Confirms 12 of 92 Videotapes Destroyed Showed Prisoners Tortured

Heavily redacted government documents filed in a New York federal court Friday afternoon say the CIA destroyed 12 videotapes that specifically showed two detainees being tortured. Full Story »

Posted by Dwight Rousu
Tags Help
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 10, 2009 - 10:27 AM PDT
Content Type: Article
Edit Lock: This story can be edited
Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Mar 10, 2009 - 10:27 AM PDT
Kenneth Sibbett
4.0
by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 10, 2009

A great story that is coming to light more and more since Bush &co. vacated the premises. If these stories are true, Obama and Holder will have no choice but to convene a commission with some teeth. A special prosecutor of the kind (STARR) that was investigating Clinton more his national security blow-job.

I know everybody is saying that Obama has to much on his plate right now, so my suggestion is to put it on Holder's plate.

See Full Review » (12 answers)
Dwight Rousu
4.2
by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 10, 2009

Leopold reports the new information and provides the history of bush administration torture to put the story in context.

U.S. and international law requires these people to be criminally charged.

Zubaydah was strapped to a waterboard and, fearing imminent death, he spoke about a wide range of plots against a number of US targets, such as shopping malls, the Brooklyn ... More »

See Full Review » (14 answers)
Ian Cerveny
3.7
by Ian Cerveny - Mar. 12, 2009

Pretty good assessment, but failed to cite their sources in a number of key instances.

See Full Review » (6 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

3.9

Good
from 4 reviews (40% confidence)
Quality
3.9
Facts
4.2
Fairness
4.5
Information
4.0
Sourcing
3.3
Style
4.0
Context
3.7
Depth
3.7
Enterprise
4.0
Popularity
4.0
Recommendation
4.5
Credibility
3.8
# Reviews
2.0
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!