For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

CIA INTERROGATION TAPES FOUND UNDER DESK!
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY NEEDED NOW

WASHINGTON, DC - In response to the recent AP report that in 2007 the CIA discovered three tapes of interrogations carried out in a secret prison in Morocco, and twice failed to disclose the existence of these tapes to a federal judge, Rev. Richard L. Killmer, Executive Director of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, issued the following statement:

"We already know that the CIA destroyed 92 video tapes of the interrogation of detainees many of which show them being tortured.  Now, we learn that the CIA has hidden the existence of three other tapes for three years - failing even to disclose the fact of their existence to a federal judge.  We don't know what is on these new tapes, but their very existence (and the fact that it took so many years for their existence to be made known) is another demonstration of the  compelling need for a Commission of Inquiry to investigate our past use of torture and to determine what safeguards are needed to prevent its future use.  Only a thorough investigation will be able to shine a light on all of the unanswered questions."

The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) is a growing membership organization committed to ending U.S.-sponsored torture, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Since its formation in January 2006, more than 290 religious groups have joined NRCAT, including representatives from the Roman Catholic, evangelical Christian, mainline Protestant, Unitarian Universalist, Quaker, Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Baha'i, Buddhist, and Sikh communities. Members include national denominations and faith groups, regional organizations and local congregations.