(2010-11-10) Special Prosecutor Stops Prosecuting Cia Torture Tape Destruction

A Special Prosecutor cleared the CIA's former top clandestine officer and others Tuesday of any charges for destroying agency videotapes showing Water-Boarding of terror suspects, but he continued to investigate whether the harsh questioning went beyond legal boundaries. The decision not to prosecute anyone in the videotape destruction came five years to the day after the CIA destroyed its cache of 92 videos of two AlQaeda operatives, Abu Zubaydah and Abd Al Nashiri, being subjected to Water-Boarding, which evokes the sensation of drowning. The deadline for prosecuting someone under most federal laws is five years.