{"id":4248,"date":"2007-12-17T12:19:32","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T18:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4248"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:47:09","slug":"bush-white-house-tells-federal-judge-not-to-ask-about-cia-tapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/bush-white-house-tells-federal-judge-not-to-ask-about-cia-tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush White House Tells Federal Judge Not to Ask About CIA Tapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/bush_804c_custom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/bush_804c_custom.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Matt Appuzo, Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217; destruction.<\/p>\n<p>In court documents filed Friday night, government lawyers told U.S. District Judge Henry H. 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