{"id":4379,"date":"2008-01-03T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T16:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4379"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:45:43","slug":"cia-report-may-have-motivated-destruction-of-torture-tapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/cia-report-may-have-motivated-destruction-of-torture-tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA Report May Have Motivated Destruction of Torture Tapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/1_236048_1_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/1_236048_1_2.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t<\/p>\n<p>When Congress returns from its winter break in mid-January and continues its probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, the lawmakers may be interested in speaking to Mary O. McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy spent most of her career at the spy agency, most recently as deputy inspector general. In 2004, she was tapped by the CIA&#8217;s Inspector General John Helgerson to assist him with several internal investigations.<\/p>\n<p>One of those investigations included a closer look at the CIA&#8217;s interrogation methods. The report on this probe was completed in spring 2004. It concluded that some of the agency&#8217;s approved interrogation methods &#8220;appeared to constitute cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, as defined by the International Convention Against Torture,&#8221; according to a New York Times story <a href=\"http:\/\/query.nytimes.com\/gst\/fullpage.html?res=9D05E5D9153EF93AA35752C1A9639C8B63&#038;sec=&#038;spon=&#038;pagewanted=all\">published<\/a> in November 2005. That was the same month the CIA destroyed the videotapes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080514071057\/http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/010308A.shtml\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t When Congress returns from its winter break in mid-January and continues its probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, the lawmakers may be interested in speaking to Mary O. McCarthy. 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