Did I know? Didn't I know? I knew this, but not that. I don't know.
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In February 2003, the CIA says it told the leaders of congressional intelligence committees about the tapes and that it planned to destroy them.
In January 2003, there were two ranking Senators that headed the intelligence committees. They were Pat Roberts (R) and Jay Rockefeller (D).
"While the existence of the videotapes was known to me in 2003 in my capacity as then-Vice Chairman of the committee, I was not told of the CIA’s decision to destroy the tapes and I was not aware of their destruction until yesterday’s press reports. - Jay Rockefeller"
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However, it appears that the tapes and their destruction were known about prior to this.
Rep. Jane Harman of California, then the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, was one of only four members of Congress in 2003 informed of the tapes' existence and the CIA's intention to ultimately destroy them...
...Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said the committee only learned of the tapes' destruction in November 2006.
So did he know about the tapes or didn't he? Did he have a senior moment? According to this article, he admits to knowing for at least ONE YEAR about the destruction of these tapes. Why is this being raised NOW?
And these interrogation tapes have not been withheld, as some seem to be claiming.
The 9/11 Commission referenced the 2002 interrogations of Abu Zubaydah and [Ramzi] Binalshibh multiple times throughout its report, but cited written documents and audiotapes only.
Interrogation tape scandal is phony, the evidence shows
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