Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Mukasey Rules Out Special Counsel Probe of Destroyed CIA Tapes

Mukasey Rules Out Special Counsel Probe of Destroyed CIA Tapes

In news from Washington, Attorney General Michael Mukasey announced on Friday he does not plan to appoint a special counsel to investigate why the CIA allegedly destroyed hundreds of hours of videotapes showing the interrogation of two detainees. During the same press briefing Mukasey again refused to say whether he views waterboarding as a form of torture.

Source: Democracy Now, January 28, 2008

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Note that even with Democracy Now, this was the 15th out of 17 headline items. Most other media outlets it was ignore altogether. As Benjamin Franklin said, "A republic--if you can keep it".

TLC

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