CIA

Des Moines, IA (December 14, 2007) – On December 9th, speaking on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Sen. Joe Biden began the call for an special counsel to investigate the destruction of CIA tapes. [ABC, This Week, 12/9/07] Yesterday, Sen. John Edwards became the second Democratic presidential candidate to join the call for an independent prosecutor. During a campaign stop yesterday in Iowa, Edwards said, “I’m completely supportive of an independent prosecutor.    » read more »

Washington, D.C. -- December 11, 2007 -- The U.S. Congress should vote in favor of the legislation currently before the House and Senate outlawing harsh interrogation techniques and requiring all U.S. intelligence agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, to abide by the U.S. Army Field Manual, Freedom House said today.    » read more »

12/11/2007 -- SANTA FE, NM-- New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson today issued the following statement regarding the Senate Intelligence Committee hearings on the destruction of CIA videotapes of interrogation techniques used against a terror suspect:    » read more »

December 11, 2007 -- Washington, DC — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate, calling for a full accounting of the circumstances surrounding the destroyed tapes of CIA interrogations. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:

“As the end of 2007 continues to draw near, we have a busy week ahead of us. We hope to complete action on the appropriations process, which will require the White House, along with House and Senate Republicans, to be reasonable in the pursuit of common ground.    » read more »

Washington, D.C. -- December 11, 2007 -- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) Monday sent a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey asking a series of questions about the Justice Department’s knowledge of and involvement in the Central Intelligence Agency’s possession and subsequent destruction of videotapes showing interrogations of detainees. The Department of Justice has launched an initial investigation into the matter.    » read more »

December 11, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) sent a letter to Fred Fielding, Counsel to the President, asking him to confirm that the White House and the Office of the Vice President are preserving all documents related to the Central Intelligence Agency’s policies and programs regarding the detention and interrogation of individuals involved in international terrorism.    » read more »

Waterloo, IA (December 10, 2007) – In Iowa today, former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Joe Biden stepped up pressure on the Justice Department to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the scandal surrounding the destruction of tapes showing interrogations by the CIA:    » read more »

December 07, 2007 -- (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Reps. Robert Scott, William Delahunt and Jerrold Nadler sent letters to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gen. Michael Hayden and Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting details about today's reports that the CIA destroyed videotapes of interrogation activities.    » read more »

December 7, 2007 -- The following statement was submitted by Senator Obama in the Congressional Record today:

Mr. President, I wish to express my serious concern over the Central Intelligence Agency’s confirmation that videotapes depicting brutal interrogation techniques were destroyed.    » read more »

12/07/2007 -- SIOUX CITY, IA-- Former Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib interrogator Pedro "Pete" Mora campaigned in Iowa today on behalf of New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson. He called out the Bush Administration on recent revelations that the CIA destroyed tapes of harsh interrogations.

"The Bush Administration has allowed the use of abusive and illegal interrogation techniques that are against the Geneva Conventions, and the destruction of these tapes can only be considered a cover-up," Mora said. "It is a clear attempt to hide evidence from the world.    » read more »

Dec 7, 2007 -- Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Today, Senator John Edwards released the following statement on the CIA's destruction of interrogation tapes:    » read more »

Wilmington, DE (November 21, 2007) – Sen. Joe Biden issued the following statement on the news that former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes “in his new book that the White House intentionally misled him concerning the CIA leak case and that President Bush was involved in his passing along ‘false information’ to the press.” [Foxnews.com, 11/20/07]

“The President should immediately come forward and explain any action taken by him or his administration to mislead the American public. The American people deserve the truth,” said Sen. Biden.    » read more »

Richardson: "President Bush has bamboozled the country"

11/21/2007 -- SANTA FE, NM-- New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson today released the following statement regarding former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's revelation that President Bush was involved in efforts to mislead the American public about the disclosure of a CIA operative's identity:    » read more »

October 12, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today urged General Michael V. Hayden, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to halt his investigation of the CIA’s Inspector General, which she says creates a clear conflict of interest. In her letter, McCaskill expressed her concern with reports that the CIA Director has launched an internal review of the CIA Inspector General’s (IG) office, led by John L. Helgerson.    » read more »

Increasing Biofuel Production Key To Governor’s Energy Independence Strategy

Sept. 12, 2007 -- PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell and former director of the CIA James Woolsey today called America’s growing dependence on foreign oil one of the greatest threats to the nation’s security and economy.    » read more »