No charges in CIA waterboarding video destruction
No criminal charges will be filed against CIA officials involved in destroying videotapes of harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects, the US Justice Department has said.
The CIA destroyed 92 tapes of al-Qaeda operatives Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Nashiri being waterboarded in 2005.
Jose Rodriguez, a former clandestine officer, approved the move out of concern the tapes could harm the CIA.
The investigation has spanned nearly three years.
Mr Rodriguez's order to destroy the tapes, which were held in a safe in a secret Thailand prison where the two al-Qaeda members were interrogated, countered instructions given to him by CIA lawyers and the White House....
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The CIA destroyed 92 tapes of al-Qaeda operatives Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Nashiri being waterboarded in 2005.
Jose Rodriguez, a former clandestine officer, approved the move out of concern the tapes could harm the CIA.
The investigation has spanned nearly three years.
Mr Rodriguez's order to destroy the tapes, which were held in a safe in a secret Thailand prison where the two al-Qaeda members were interrogated, countered instructions given to him by CIA lawyers and the White House....