{"id":4388,"date":"2008-01-04T09:43:12","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4388"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:45:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:45:38","slug":"2003-letter-told-cia-trashing-tapes-would-harm-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/2003-letter-told-cia-trashing-tapes-would-harm-image\/","title":{"rendered":"2003 Letter Told CIA Trashing Tapes Would Harm Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/abughraib_dog_torture_4300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/abughraib_dog_torture_4300.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Greg Miller and Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n<p>More than two years before the CIA destroyed interrogation videotapes, top officials were urged to preserve them by a senior lawmaker who warned that disposing of the recordings would &#8220;reflect badly on the agency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The warning came in a February 2003 letter from Rep. Jane Harman of Venice, then the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was released publicly by Harman&#8217;s office on Thursday, after its contents were declassified by the CIA, and one day after the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of the tapes.<\/p>\n<p>The existence of Harman&#8217;s letter had been reported; but its precise contents, previously unrevealed, provide details on then-classified discussions between the CIA and senior members of Congress about the tapes and the agency&#8217;s desire to get rid of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-ciatapes4jan04,0,2739052.story?coll=la-home-center\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Miller and Richard B. 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