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Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said on December 16 that Congress would subpoena witnesses and demand documents as part of its investigation of the CIA's destruction of videotapes recording the interrogations of two suspected al-Qaeda operatives.
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"We want to hold the [intelligence] community accountable for what's happened with these tapes," said Hoekstra. "I think we will issue subpoenas."
"[The intelligence community has] clearly demonstrated through the tapes case that they don't believe that they are accountable to Congress," observed Hoekstra. "And when we are at war, that is a terrible position for the intelligence community to be [in]."
The Michigan Republican's announcement came in response to a Justice ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Bipartisan criticism of CIA/Justice department coverup.(Inside...