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CIA Foresaw Interrogation Issues
Agency Considered Investigations 'Virtually Inevitable'
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 24, 2008; A16

The CIA concluded that criminal, administrative or civil investigations stemming from harsh interrogation tactics were "virtually inevitable," leading the agency to seek legal support from the Justice Department, according to a CIA official's statement in court documents filed yesterday.

The CIA said it had identified more than 7,000 pages of classified memos, e-mails and other records relating to its secret prison and interrogation program, but maintained that the materials cannot be released because they relate to, in part, communications between CIA and Justice Department attorneys or discussions with the White House.