{"id":4344,"date":"2007-12-28T11:24:12","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T17:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:46:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:46:04","slug":"the-torture-tape-cover-up-how-high-does-it-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/the-torture-tape-cover-up-how-high-does-it-go\/","title":{"rendered":"The Torture Tape Cover-up: How High Does It Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/torture_by_soldiers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/torture_by_soldiers.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Marjorie Cohn, Afterdowningstreet.org<\/p>\n<p>When the hideous photographs of torture and abuse emerged from Abu Ghraib in the spring of 2004, they created a public relations disaster for the Bush administration. The White House had painstakingly worked to capitalize on the 9\/11 attacks by creating a &#8220;war on terror.&#8221; Never mind the absurdity of declaring war on a tactic. Central to Bush&#8217;s new &#8220;war&#8221; was the portrayal of us as the good guys and al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Saddam Hussein as the bad guys.<\/p>\n<p>But the Abu Ghraib photos of naked Iraqis piled on top of one another, forced to masturbate, led around on leashes like dogs shined the light on U.S. hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>After the Abu Ghraib revelations, the Bush administration could not tolerate more bad publicity. So in 2005, the CIA destroyed several hundred hours of videotapes depicting torturous interrogations of Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, probably including water boarding. The former U.S. official involved in discussions about the tapes reported widespread concern that &#8220;something as explosive as this would probably get out,&#8221; according to the Los Angeles Times. This destruction of evidence may violate several laws. And it remains to be seen how high up the chain of command the criminality goes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org\/?q=node\/29591\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Marjorie Cohn, Afterdowningstreet.org When the hideous photographs of torture and abuse emerged from Abu Ghraib in the spring of 2004, they created a public relations disaster for the Bush administration. 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