A US judge has overruled Bush administration objections and ordered a hearing into The tapes are believed to have shown interrogation methods that included simulated drowning known as waterboarding, which has been condemned as torture. The CIA said it destroyed the tapes lawfully and did so out of concern for the safety of agents involved if the recordings were ever made public. The White House has repeatedly denied that the US uses torture. The justice department declined to comment on the judge's hearing order but the department last week urged Kennedy not to investigate the videotapes. It also said that in light of other government probes into the tapes, a judicial inquiry into the destruction was inappropriate. The government has also sought delays in congressional attempts to investigate the tapes' destruction, saying they would hamper a joint investigation by the justice department itself and the CIA. "Plainly the government wants only foxes guarding this henhou...
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