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CIA in Contempt Soon?

Suzanne Ito,
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August 19, 2008

Back in December 2007, we learned that the CIA had destroyed videotapes depicting the abusive interrogation of terrorist suspects. After learning of the tape destruction, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û filed a motion asking the court to hold the CIA in contempt of the court’s orders requiring the agency to produce or identify records responsive to the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û's FOIA request for information relating to the treatment of prisoners held in U.S. custody overseas.

Yesterday, the judge ordered the CIA to prepare a catalog that identifies everything that it had destroyed, and also a list of all summaries, transcripts, information on witnesses and any relevant documents or memoranda relating to the tape destruction. The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û has submitted a proposed order requesting these items for the judge to sign. If the judge accepts our order, the CIA will have 30 days to turn that catalog over us.

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