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ACLU Sues CIA For Contempt In Torture Tape Destruction

This token Christian has to say it...thank God for the ACLU. (Yes, I mean that, Bill-O.) The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion as

This token Christian has to say it...thank God for the ACLU. (Yes, I mean that, Bill-O.)

The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion asking a federal judge to hold the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in contempt, charging that the agency flouted a court order when it destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the harsh interrogation of prisoners in its custody....

“The interrogation techniques employed by our government raise fundamental questions of human rights and decency,” said Arthur Eisenberg, New York Civil Liberties Union Legal Director. “The CIA cannot avoid those questions by simply destroying the evidence.” Read more...

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