According to current and former US government officials, it has just been confirmed that in 2005 the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two al-Qaeda suspects in the agency\u2019s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention program.<\/p>\n
Its like a Hollywood movie isn’t it?\u00a0 The bad guys, behaving badly and trying to cover it up.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the only hero that can “save the day” is America herself, but the people of America have other things to worry about than their national integrity and international reputation – the economy is deteriorating and oil is getting expensive.\u00a0 But if we want to fix those problems we’re going to have to remove fear, greed and dishonesty from American culture.\u00a0 Stop hiding immorality behind suits and military uniforms.<\/p>\n
See the NYT breaking report here<\/a>, and the report by BBC here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to current and former US government officials, it has just been confirmed that in 2005 the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two al-Qaeda suspects in the agency\u2019s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention program. Its like …
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