Pentagon turns up dozens of interrogation videotapes: officials

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — A Pentagon review has turned up several dozen videotapes of detainee interrogations, including one that shows a detainee having his mouth duct-taped to stop him from chanting, US defense officials said Thursday.

Lawyers for the detainee, Ali al-Marri, said they have petitioned a federal court to order an improvement in conditions of his incarceration, citing his prolonged isolation and "inhuman treatment."

Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper ordered the review of the military's videotape practices in late January after revelations that the CIA had destroyed videotapes of interrogations of two high value prisoners.

"What we have found is that there is not widespread use of videotaping," said Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon...