Breaking news from the Associated Press!
The Justice Department and CIA announced a joint inquiry Saturday into the spy agency's destruction of videotapes of interrogations of two suspected terrorists.
So? What does this signal?
The review will determine whether a full investigation is warranted.
"I welcome this inquiry and the CIA will cooperate fully," CIA Director Mike Hayden said in a statement. "I welcome it as an opportunity to address questions that have arisen over the destruction back in 2005 of videotapes."
Hayden told agency employees Thursday that the recordings were destroyed out of fear the tapes would leak and reveal the identities of interrogators. He said the sessions were videotaped to provide an added layer of legal protection for interrogators using new, harsh methods authorized by President Bush as a way to break down the defenses of recalcitrant prisoners.
I'd really like to think that this would be the event that final puts a crack in the wall of this administration, but history tells me otherwise!
Is this a real investigation or is this just another use of the Department of Justice to protect the Bush Administration? I find it very interesting, make that unbelievable, that the DOJ would announce this so quickly, and on a Saturday no less!
Somehow I don't think I like the way I see this playing out. Will Congress follow through and hold their own hearings on this, or will they defer to the DOJ? Will we see Harriet Miers subpoened once again and defy another Congressional subpoena? I doubt it! Will we ever hear her testimony in open hearings? I doubt it! In fact, will we ever hear another thing about this "investigation" while George W. Bush is still in office? I doubt it! I see this as the beginning of the real cover-up. What do you think?