ACS hosted a panel discussion on issues surrounding the destruction of the CIA interrogation tapes whose existence was revealed in December 2007. The panel, convened on Friday, January 25, 2008, discussed a number of legal and policy questions, among them:

• Whether a major Congressional investigation of the intelligence agencies is warranted.
• Whether there is an inherent conflict of interest in appointing a federal prosecutor to oversee the DOJ's investigation into the CIA interrogation videotapes' destruction.
• Whether the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission regarding Congress's oversight of the intelligence agencies are applicable.
• Whether there is sufficient discussion of the context in which the tapes were destroyed and the potential criminal offenses they would have revealed.

The panel featured:

• Dan Marcus, Fellow in Law and Government, American University Washington College of Law; former General Counsel of the 9/11 Commission (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Elisa Massimino, Washington Director, Human Rights First (Real Video / Windows Media)
• David Rivkin, Partner, Baker Hostetler, and former official in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Frederick "Fritz" Schwarz, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School; formerly lead counsel for the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activity (the Church committee) (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Moderator Marty Lederman, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (Real Video / Windows Media)

Introduction: (Real Video / Windows Media)

Questions and Answers: (Real Video / Windows Media)

A transcript of the event is available here.