CIA Tapes discussed by bush lawyers

At least four top [Republican President Bush] White House lawyers took part in the Central Intelligence Agency which was conducted between 2003 and 2005.This Agency is about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operations from Al Qaeda.According to current and old administration and intelligence officials.” … “These accounts indicate that the involvement of White House officials in the discussions before the destruction of the tapes in November 2005 was more extensive than [Republican President]

Bush administration officials have acknowledged. “Those who took part, the officials said, included Alberto R. Gonzales, who served as White House counsel until early 2005; David S. Addington, who was the counsel to [Republican] Vice President Dick Cheney and is now his chief of staff; John B. Bellinger III, who until January 2005 was the senior lawyer at the National Security Council; and Harriet E. Miers, who succeeded Mr. Gonzales as White House counsel. “It was previously reported that some administration officials had advised against destroying the tapes, but the emerging picture of White House involvement is more complex. In interviews, several administration and intelligence officials provided conflicting accounts as to whether anyone at the White House expressed support for the idea that the tapes should be destroyed.”