CIA to produce files on destroyed tapes

Under a subpoena threat, the CIA is expected to quickly begin turning over to the US Congress documents related to the destruction of videotapes showing the harsh interrogation of two terror suspects.

The CIA could begin producing the material as early as Thursday (local time), according to senior intelligence officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of ongoing investigations into the destruction of the tapes in 2005.

President George W. Bush declined to address the controversy yesterday, saying at a White House news conference he was confident that administration and congressional investigations "will end up enabling us all to find out what exactly happened." He repeated his assertion that his "first recollection" of being told about the tapes and their destruction was when CIA Director Michael Hayden briefed him on it earlier this month.