Updated: Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced today that the Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes.
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A federal judge has for the time being declined to order a hearing during which the government would have to explain the destruction of CIA videotapes that show harsh interrogation…
The Washington Post reports that a fifth lawyer, former CIA general counsel Scott Muller, argued against destroying two videotapes of the interrogation of al-Qaida suspects.
The CIA has requested an investigation of the former CIA officer who told journalists last week that a destroyed videotape showed an al-Qaida suspect being subjected to waterboarding.
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff plans to release the legal ground rules this week for a planned satellite surveillance program in the United States.
Updated: In a speech yesterday to an ABA group, Attorney General Michael Mukasey pressed his case for a law that would extend authority for the government’s terrorism wiretap program.
The CIA will turn over documents about the destruction of videotaped interrogations to the House Intelligence Committee, congressional and intelligence officials told the New York Times.
New guidelines issued by Attorney General Michael Mukasey limit contact between Justice Department and White House officials in pending civil and criminal investigations.