The destruction of video tapes of interrogations of al Qaeda operatives in 2005 by the CIA has resulted in calls for Congressional hearings. Some of the videos were taken of the 2002 interrogation of Abu Zubaydah. Assministration officials claim that the destruction of the tapes was meant to protect agency officials from legal claims, due to the harsh interrogation methods (i.e., torture) used. Some familiar with the Abu Zubaydah tapes, including writer Gerald Posner, are saying that a major reason for the tapes' destruction is that Zubaydah fingered 3 Saudi princes, including the King's nephew, and the Pakistani Air Force chief, as having prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. He had the personal cell phone numbers of these alleged conspirators.
This should be very interesting, even if the Assministration stonewalls, as is expected.
