White House Lawyers Knew About CIA Tapes

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Of course they knew. We knew they knew. They just don't think we know what they know. . .or. . . Oh, excuse me, I'm apparently channeling Donald Rumsfeld. Anyway, this scandal is going pretty much like the rest. White House denies. Some news drips out. They deny some more. More drips out. White House clams up. And then complains that the press corps is still asking questions. Lets hope the press corps and Congress don't drop the ball this time.

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Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes

At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda, according to current and former administration and intelligence officials. . .

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