9/11 Commission chair: 'No question' CIA knew we wanted tapes-CIA tried to impede our investigation

[kpete]

9/11 Commission chair: 'No question' CIA knew we wanted tapes
David Edwards and Jason Rhyne
Published: Monday December 24, 2007

Kean says agency tried to 'impede our investigation'

There is "no question" the CIA was aware that its now-destroyed videotapes depicting severe interrogations were among evidence being sought by 9/11 Commission investigators, says the commission's chairman Thomas Kean.

Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, told CNN's John Roberts that the 9/11 Commission had actively sought all of the spy agency's information about detainees with suspected links to the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

"I'm not a lawyer and I'm not sure if they broke the law or not but what they did do, I think, is try to impede our investigation," said Kean. "Because we asked for...anything to do with those detainees, because they were the ones who knew most about the plot of 9/11 and that was our mandate."

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"They can parse their words all they want," he continued. "We asked for every single thing that they had, and then my vice chairman, Lee Hamilton, looked the director of the CIA in the face and said, 'look, even if we haven't asked for something, if it's pertinent to our investigation, make it available to us.' And our staff asked again and again of their staff and the tapes were not given to us. So there was no question."

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/911_commissioner_No_doubt_we_asked_1224.html

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

1. Gee, I wonder why the CIA would feel compelled to...

...obstruct the 9-11 Commission's investigation -- isn't that a puzzler?

[MasonJar]

2. Oh, Yeah, they really wanted to know; that is why they chose the

Bush "Z" guy to set up the schedule. I do not trust Kean or Hamilton.

[pscot]

3. Keane and Hamilton were both "made" guys

They were picked because they could be trusted to give the appearance of trying to get at the truth while running out the clock.

[pberq]

4. So the question is:

Why all of a sudden now do we find out about the destroyed tapes?

Possible answer: someone in a position of power wanted this out there in the public eye for these possible reasons: 1) as a diversion from something else that is happening or, 2) to settle a score with the CIA, or 3) etc., etc.