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By Matt Appuzo, Associated Press The Bush administration told a federal judge it was not obligated to preserve videotapes of CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists and urged the court not to look into the tapes’ destruction. In court documents filed Friday night, government lawyers told U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy that demanding information about…

therawstory Larisa Alexandrovna and David Dastych Published: Wednesday March 7, 2007 POLAND – The CIA operated an interrogation and short-term detention facility for suspected terrorists within a Polish intelligence training school with the explicit approval of British and US authorities, according to British and Polish intelligence officials familiar with the arrangements. (More)

Senate Judiciary Democrats Push Contempt Motion By Susan Crabtree, The Hill Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are pushing forward with a resolution holding the White House in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with their subpoenas for information and testimony related to the firings of several U.S. attorneys. Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on…

By Scott Shane, New York Times The prosecutor investigating the Central Intelligence Agency’s destruction of interrogation videotapes is reviewing whether government officials violated any of 17 court orders requiring the preservation of evidence or broke the law by concealing the tapes’ existence or approving their destruction, according to court papers filed late Friday night. The…