http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/14/mukasey.cia.tapes/index.htmlupdated 8:15 p.m. EST, Fri December 14, 2007
Attorney general won't share info from CIA tapes inquiry
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* NEW: Officials urge House panel to abandon its investigation of the tape destruction
* Attorney general says he won't appoint a special prosecutor to conduct the inquiry
* Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says he's disappointed by the decision
* Destroyed videotapes showed CIA interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects
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From Terry Frieden
CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected lawmakers' demands for information as the Justice Department investigates the destruction of tapes showing CIA interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey, left, speaks with President Bush at the White House Wednesday.
In letters to the House and Senate Judiciary committees, Mukasey also said he would not appoint a special prosecutor to conduct the investigation, as some lawmakers had requested.
Mukasey said he would not turn over the material key congressional leaders are seeking because doing so might be seen as bowing to "political influence."