DOJ Criminal Investigation Into Deaths That Resulted from CIA Torture

June 30th, 2011

Via: MSNBC / AP:

Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he has authorized a full criminal investigation into the deaths of two terror detainees who died overseas while the CIA was involved in interrogating them.

During the Bush administration, Attorney General Michael Mukasey asked a federal prosecutor in Connecticut to look into the destruction of videotapes of CIA interrogations. In 2009, Holder asked the prosecutor to broaden his inquiry to look into allegations that CIA personnel had mistreated detainees.

Holder said Thursday that the prosecutor, John Durham of Connecticut, looked into the interrogation of a total of 101 detainees who were in U.S. custody overseas after the 9/11 attacks. Durham recommended conducting a full criminal investigation into the deaths of two of them, and Holder has now concurred.

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2 Responses to “DOJ Criminal Investigation Into Deaths That Resulted from CIA Torture”

  1. anothernut says:
    June 30, 2011 at 10:30 pm

    Let’s all hold our breath, shall we? Ready, set…

  2. anothernut says:
    July 1, 2011 at 5:55 pm

    Excellent analysis of this “event”: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/07/01/torture/index.html

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