Demand an Investigation into the Destruction of CIA Torture Tapes!

Last week, The New York Times revealed that in 2005, in the midst of public outcry
and investigations of its secret overseas prisons, the CIA destroyed videotapes
documenting the interrogation of at least two men in its custody. These videotapes
likely capture the torture of these men - including one man, Abu Zubaydah, who the
government admits to having waterboarded.

Delaware Senator Joseph Biden has called for a special counsel to investigate the
CIA's destruction of evidence. No one is above the law: the CIA - and the Bush
administration - must be held accountable for their program of torture.

Take action:

-Write a letter to your Senators or call your Senators' offices to demand an inquiry
into the destruction of torture evidence. The Senate switchboard can be reached at
(202) 224-3121. Go here to write a letter:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/t/4089/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=21987

-Call Senator Biden's office to express your support for a special counsel. His
office can be reached at (202) 224-5042.

The destruction of evidence by the CIA has a direct impact on our client Majid Khan,
the former Baltimore resident who was abducted, disappeared, and sent to secret CIA
detention in 2003, tortured and held in "black sites" for three years, and then sent
to Guantánamo in September 2006.

In fact, before the story broke, CCR attorneys filed a motion to preserve evidence
of Majid's torture, fearing exactly what was confirmed by The New York Times: that
the CIA has been destroying evidence. Go here to read the motion:
http://www.ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/ccr-attorneys-release-revelations-torture-former-ghost-detainee-majid-khan.

Our attorneys recently met with Majid, and what they report back is chilling: from
their unclassified descriptions, Majid is a shadow of his former self - in their
words, "painfully thin and pale" - a marked difference from the vibrant man we see
in photos taken of him before he was abducted and sent to three years of CIA
interrogation under torture. He has symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, as
well as scars from a suicide attempt in which he tried to chew through one of his
arteries. Go here to read the recently declassified information from our visits with
Majid:
http://www.ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/ccr-attorneys-release-revelations-torture-former-ghost-detainee-majid-khan.

Majid was tortured in CIA secret prisons - and the CIA may have destroyed evidence
of his torture, as well as the torture of countless others. The interrogations
caught on tape also may falsely implicate others held at Guantánamo or elsewhere who
would need the tapes as evidence to defend themselves. We need to know how the tapes
came to be destroyed and why.

There must be a full, independent investigation into the CIA's destruction of
evidence. Write and call your Senators today to demand the appointment of a Special
Counsel to ensure that the CIA's criminal behavior does not go unpunished.

Go here to take action:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/t/4089/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=21987.