Friday, January 18, 2008

Federal Judge Criticizes C.I.A. Handling of Interrogation Tapes

The New York Times reports, "A federal judge in New York said Thursday that he was 'disappointed' in how investigators from the Central Intelligence Agency had handled videotapes documenting the harsh interrogation of detainees from Al Qaeda." The article also notes that the judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, went on to add that he was considering questioning agency officials who had watched the tapes about why they had made no record of them in their files.