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The Destruction Of CIA Interrogation Tapes
To me, withholding these tapes from the 9/11 Commission, and then destroying them is an obvious crime. However, this isn't the first piece of 9/11 evidence that has been destroyed. There were FAA tapes destroyed. According to Curt Weldon, as reported by AP, "a Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 2001 attacks."
I think the efforts by Zelikow, Kean, and Hamilton to badmouth the CIA are obviously an attempt at re-establishing any credibility they may have had, though, I don't see that as possible since they have none. I also think they are trying to make the CIA the "scapegoat" for 9/11. I do think the CIA should be investigated with regard to the attacks, but I certainly don't think we should stop with them (White House, NORAD, FAA, Secret Service, Pentagon, I'm looking in your direction).
The media is focusing on the torture aspect of the tapes, but seems to be ignoring the question of what was on them. With few exceptions. Gerald Posner said that a source told him Zubaydah mentioned Saudi Arabia and Pakistani involvement or support for the 9/11 attacks. Someone else speculated about "Israeli participation" during the interrogations. I don't know what was on those tapes. I wasn't there. I believe Naomi Wolf said it best:
"What we are likely to see if the tapes documenting the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah and Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri are ever recovered is that the "confessions" of the prisoners upon which the White House has built its entire case for subverting the Constitution and suspending civil liberties in this country was obtained through methods such as electrocution, beating to the point of organ failure, hanging prisoners from the wrists from a ceiling, suffocation, and threats against family members ("I am going to find your mother and I am going to fuck her" is one direct quote from a US interrogator). On the missing tapes, we would likely see responses from the prisoners that would be obvious to us as confessions to anything at all in order to end the violence. In other words, if we could witness the drama of manufacturing by torture the many violently coerced "confessions" upon which the whole house of cards of this White House and its hyped "war on terror" rests, it would likely cause us to reopen every investigation, including the most serious ones (remember, even the 9/11 committee did not receive copies of the tapes); shut down the corrupt, Stalinesque Military Commissions System; turn over prisoners, the guilty and the innocent, into a working, accountable justice system operating in accordance with American values; and direct our legal scrutiny to the torturers themselves -- right up to the office of the Vice President and the President if that is where the investigations would lead."
CIA Admits It Destroyed Tapes Of Interrogations
C.I.A. Was Urged to Keep Interrogation Videotapes
Bush: 'No recollection' of tapes
9/11 Commission's Lee Hamilton '52 Reacts to CIA Destruction of Torture Tapes
Inquiry into why CIA tapes destroyed
CIA's destruction of terror tapes probed
US intelligence under fire for CIA tapes, Iran report
Preliminary inquiry into the destruction of videotapes by the CIA
The facts behind the CIA tape inquiry
Justice, CIA watchdog launch inquiry
Probe into destroyed CIA interrogation videos begins
CIA is accused of torture cover-up
Senator seeks tougher CIA tapes inquiry
White House goes mum on CIA video case
Ex-CIA interrogator says waterboarding is torture
Destruction of C.I.A. Tapes Cleared by Lawyers
The Man Who Ordered CIA's Tape Destruction
The CIA's Destroyed Interrogation Tapes and the Saudi-Pakistani 9/11 Connection
Not many answers from CIA director
CIA destroyed tapes despite court orders
Was Pelosi aware of CIA's tactics?
Which lie should we believe? CIA admits it destroyed evidence it said didn't exist.
Torture tapes
Justice Dept.: Back off on CIA tapes
Hoekstra defies Bush administration, pledges investigation into destroyed CIA tapes
Congress will defy Justice Dept. on destroyed CIA tapes; Harman: 'We're in Constitutional crisis'
Judge Orders Hearing On CIA Interrogation Tapes
What is Probably in the Missing Tapes
Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes
Newspaper: Gonzales in on tape destruction talks
New York Times Agrees to Story Correction on White House Role in Destroyed CIA Tapes
House Judiciary witness: Destroyed CIA tapes are 'ultimate cover-up'
Bush: My answer on when I learned about CIA tape destruction 'sounds pretty clear to me'
Subpoena of CIA officials threatened
White House faces hearing on CIA tapes
Congress subpoenas ex-CIA official
9/11 Panel Study Finds That C.I.A. Withheld Tapes
CIA obstructed 9/11 investigators: report
CIA spokesman says agency cooperated with 9/11 panel
CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm
Wagons circled at CIA over tapes' demise
9/11 Commission chair: 'No question' CIA knew we wanted tapes
CIA Says It Cooperated With 9/11 Panel
CIA: rogue or victim in tapes flap?
The C.I.A. Tapes: Our Need to Know
CIA Tapes' Destruction Just Like Watergate
Confessions of a Terrorist
Details on why CIA tapes were made, destroyed
Looking at America
9/11 commission leaders blast CIA on interrogation tapes
Stonewalled by the C.I.A.
Mukasey: Criminal probe begins into CIA tapes
Statement By 9/11 Family Member Donna Marsh O'Connor On The CIA Tapes
Conyers Demands that DOJ Appoint Real Special Counsel
Harman releases Feb. '03 letter warning CIA not to destroy tapes
Will Justice Go After Cheney?
Destruction of More Than C.I.A. Tapes
More CIA torture videos
Judge Won’t Inquire Into CIA Tapes Case
Ex-C.I.A. Aide Won’t Testify on Tapes Without Immunity
No Immunity, No Testimony
Station Chief Made Appeal To Destroy CIA Tapes
Tapes Destroyed Over CIA's Objections
Lawmaker says CIA official defied instructions to preserve tapes
House Panel Criticizes CIA Tape Destruction
Who Will Take the Fall for the CIA Torture Tape Scandal?
Judge wants answers on CIA videotapes
C.I.A. Destroyed Tapes as Judge Sought Interrogation Data
Official: FBI agents interrogated detainees separately from CIA
AP Newsbreak: CIA destroyed 92 interrogation tapes
CIA admits it destroyed 92 interrogation tapes
Feds probably won't charge anyone for destroying CIA tapes
CIA destroyed 12 tapes showing 'enhanced interrogation methods'
CIA reveals it has 3,000 pages of documents relating to destroyed interrogation tapes
Top CIA officials appear before jury over destruction of al-Qaida tapes
Judge Rules CIA Can Suppress Information About Torture Tapes and Memos
Key omission in memo to destroy CIA terror tapes
Judge Rules CIA Can Withhold Info about Illegal Methods
Secret terrorist tapes of 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh found under CIA desk
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Daniel Pearl
Given recent events, I thought it would be prudent to post an archive on Daniel Pearl. The murder of Daniel Pearl is one of the things that piqued my curiosity early on.
Here is an interesting talk on Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, and another by Paul Thompson.
I believe the murder of Daniel Pearl is very much connected to 9/11.
Militant Sentenced To Death In Pearl Case
Suspect In Pearl Killing Arrested In Pakistan
FBI Seeks Pearl Video Ban on Net
HBO Documentary Traces Daniel Pearl Case
Ex-State Department Security Officer Charges Pre-9/11 Cover-Up
Pakistan Military Brass Knew In Advance That 9/11 Would Take Place
Did Pearl Die Because Pakistan Deceived CIA?
CIA paid money in exchange for terrorists: Pak
Musharraf Suggests 9/11 Paymaster Was British Agent
Ex-Pakistan Spy Chief Knew Of 9/11: Report
President dubs alleged Pearl killer MI6 spy
Pakistan And The Terror Nexus
Revisiting A Tragedy
Documentary on Pearl’s murder released
HBO probes Daniel Pearl murder
In a grim documentary, widow offers ray of hope
U.S. May Charge Alleged 9/11 Leader With The Death Of Daniel Pearl
Lecture Honors Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl Documentary Fails To Live Up To Its Subject's Standards
Hunting Al Qaeda Where?
Pakistan Tops SA List In Killed Journalists
U.S. Moves To Bring Accused 9/11 Plotters To Trial
Operation 9/11 And General Musharraf's Counter-Blackmailing
Sept. 11's Smoking Gun: The Many Faces Of Saeed Sheikh
Court order in Khalid Sheikh case
Guantanamo inmate claims beheading of Daniel Pearl
Two former CIA officials: Pearl was on the trail of a 9-11 mastermind
9/11 mastermind says he killed Daniel Pearl
Experts dispute Sheikh’s claim about Pearl
Lawyer to appeal Pearl case conviction
Confession of 9/11 architect backfires on US
Pearl Family Doubts KSM Confession
US senators urge probe into 9/11 suspect's claims of abuse
Officials: Mohammed exaggerated claims
Can KSM's Confession Be Believed?
ISI And The Wire Transfers Of 9/11
9/11 funds came from Pakistan, says FBI
Jolie Bans Fox From Premiere; Network Bashes Back
Director Aims For Truth About Mariane And Daniel Pearl
Pakistan Arrests Two Suspects In Daniel Pearl Case
Seven Questions: Mariane Pearl
Suspect In Murder Of U.S. Journalist Daniel Pearl Dies In Pakistan
U.S. Officer Tells How Daniel Pearl Was Murdered
The Daniel Pearl Murder -- Part 1: The Understanding
Mariane Pearl Sues "Al-Qaeda" Over Husband's Killing
Pearl widow sues Pakistani bank over husband's murder
The Black Sites
Alleged 9/11 Mastermind, 13 Others Closer To U.S. Military Trial
Pentagon Censors Website Audio Of 9/11 Mastermind
Who Was Daniel Pearl?
Pearl Was Probing Spy Agencies' Role
Retired Brigadier supervising Benazir's security was Osama's handler, says expert
Osama's Handling Officer Was In Charge Of Benazir's Security
The Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence Agency News Bias
CIA Station Chief Confirms Saeed Sheikh's ISI Connection
“We Can’t Afford to Let Them Spill the Beans”: Sibel Edmonds on Marc Grossman
Those Scarred By 9/11 Hope Trials Bring Justice
Pentagon to challenge interview of 9/11 suspect
Profile: Key 9/11 suspects
Young Filmmaker Views 9/11 Without The Planes Crashing
Inside a 9/11 Mastermind’s Interrogation
The Real-Life "24" Of Summer 2008
Indian Mujahideen Terror Linked To Organized Crime
Omar Sheikh, A Childhood Friend Turned Pakistani Militant
Cattle Smuggling: An Unlikely Source Of Funding Terror
Glib Pakistan Talks Its Way Out Of Trouble
Is There More To The Capture Of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Than Meets The Eye?
Pakistan says al-Qaeda group behind Marriot bombing in Islamabad
Toying with terrorism
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi blamed for Marriott hotel blast
Pervez Musharraf Nailed Top Pakistani Terrorist and Kidnapper As MI6 Agent
Pervez death threat
Prison plot
Jailed Al Qaeda Leader Behind Musharraf Death Plot
Omar Saeed Sheikh plots assassination from Pakistani jail
Plot to get Musharraf killed by suicide bomber unearthed
Pakistani police uncover plot to murder Musharraf, report says
Pearl's killer ran terror network from jail
Group that threatened Musharraf dismantled
Plot to kill Musharraf unearthed
Links To Global Terror Network
Reporter's Death Inspires A Seminar And A Lawsuit
Taliban Say They Killed Polish Contractor in Pakistan
Pak Taliban claims to have killed kidnapped Polish engineer
Angry Poland accuses Pak of fostering terrorism
Jihad Goes On In Pakistan
Pakistan relocates man on death row for Pearl killing
Pakistan shifts Pearl murder convict to Karachi
Exclusive: 9/11 Grand Jury Now Hearing Evidence in NYC
Dawood Is A Terrorist, Has "Strategic Alliance" With ISI, Says U.S.
Wikileaks Cables Concerning Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
A Mighty Heart Talks About Omar Sheikh - Video Inside
Excerpts From "A Mighty Heart"