CHUQ
01/03/08, 02:19 am
The AG has announced that an investigation into the CIA tapes debacle.
Following a preliminary inquiry into the destruction by CIA personnel of videotapes of detainee interrogations, the Department's National Security Division has recommended, and I have concluded, that there is a basis for initiating a criminal investigation of this matter, and I have taken steps to begin that investigation as outlined below.
"This preliminary inquiry was conducted jointly by the Department's National Security Division and the CIA's Office of Inspector General.
It was opened on December 8, 2007, following disclosure by CIA Director Michael Hayden on December 6, 2007, that the tapes had been destroyed. A preliminary inquiry is a procedure the Department of Justice uses regularly to gather the initial facts needed to determine whether there is sufficient predication to warrant a criminal investigation of a potential felony or misdemeanor violation. The opening of an investigation does not mean that criminal charges will necessarily follow.
LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/02/AR2008010202082_pf.html)
My question is, who will they report to? The Pres? Congress? Just who?
Following a preliminary inquiry into the destruction by CIA personnel of videotapes of detainee interrogations, the Department's National Security Division has recommended, and I have concluded, that there is a basis for initiating a criminal investigation of this matter, and I have taken steps to begin that investigation as outlined below.
"This preliminary inquiry was conducted jointly by the Department's National Security Division and the CIA's Office of Inspector General.
It was opened on December 8, 2007, following disclosure by CIA Director Michael Hayden on December 6, 2007, that the tapes had been destroyed. A preliminary inquiry is a procedure the Department of Justice uses regularly to gather the initial facts needed to determine whether there is sufficient predication to warrant a criminal investigation of a potential felony or misdemeanor violation. The opening of an investigation does not mean that criminal charges will necessarily follow.
LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/02/AR2008010202082_pf.html)
My question is, who will they report to? The Pres? Congress? Just who?