WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday ordered the Bush administration to tell him whether two CIA interrogation videos destroyed in 2005 were relevant to his case.
The videos showed the CIA using harsh interrogation methods on two terrorism suspects, but the government has not revealed what information was gleaned from that questioning. The Justice Department has urged judges not to demand information about the tapes, saying it would interfere with an investigation into their destruction.
U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts rejected that stance last month when he ordered the government to reveal how it has handled evidence since 2005 and explain what has been destroyed. In a ruling Thursday afternoon, Roberts insisted that prosecutors reveal whether any destroyed evidence was relevant to his case involving a Guantanamo Bay detainee.
