2007-12-19 Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of Tapes

2007-12-19 New York Times \Mark Mazzetti\Scott Shane \Bush-Cheney administration\corruption\destruction of evidence\Bush-Cheney administration/torture\US destruction of interrogation video\Harriet Miers\John Bellinger\Alberto Gonzales\David Addington http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/washington/19cnd-cia.html Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of Tapes &ldquo;At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda, according to current and former administration and intelligence officials.&rdquo;  At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda, according to current and former administration and intelligence officials.

The accounts indicate that the involvement of White House officials in the discussions before the destruction of the tapes in 2005-11 was more extensive than Bush administration officials have acknowledged. The lawyers in question: Harriet Miers, John Bellinger, Alberto Gonzales and David Addington   