[NYTr] CIA Chief Testifies on US Torture before House Committee

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CIA Chief Testifies on US Torture before House Committee

Washington, Dec 12 (Prensa Latina) Central Intelligence Agency director
Michael Hayden appears in the US House of Representatives Wednesday to
account for the institution's questionable interrogation techniques.

Democrat leaders from the Lower House have recommended CIA chiefs fully
cooperate with the investigation, which started after disclosures that
a series of videos showing dubious procedures by the Agency were
destroyed.

Several authorities believe that the videos, filmed in 2002, showed how
CIA officials resorted to torture techniques in several occasions to
obtain information from terror suspects.

Democrat Silvestre Reyes, and Republican Peter Hoekstra reminded Hayden
that his institution never informed or asked for permission to destroy
such relevant film material.

Hayden admitted in public the films were erased because they could
endanger "security, as the interrogators could be identified."

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