WASHINGTON (Reuters) – No CIA personnel will face criminal charges for destroying videotapes of harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. While the decision will spare the CIA and the Obama administration the potential backlash and embarrassment that a trial could have generated, another federal probe continues into possible abuse of detainees by CIA personnel. The videotapes probe was launched in January 2008 by…
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No charges for CIA tape destruction-US Justice Dept