CIA to Turn Over Videotape DocumentsThursday December 20, 2007 3:31 PM
By PAMELA HESS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Under a subpoena threat, the CIA
is expected to quickly begin turning over to Congress
documents related to the destruction of videotapes
showing the harsh interrogation of two terror suspects.
The agency could begin producing the material as early
as Thursday, according to senior intelligence officials
who spoke on condition of anonymity because of ongoing
investigations into the destruction of the tapes in 2005.
President Bush declined to address the controversy
Thursday, saying at a White House news conference he
was confident that administration and congressional
investigations “will end up enabling us all to find out
what exactly happened.” He repeated his assertion that
his “first recollection” of being told about the tapes
and their destruction was when CIA Director Michael
Hayden briefed him on it earlier this month.
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