The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.A’s secret detention program, according to current and former government officials....
and this -
The C.I.A. said today that the decision to destroy the tapes had been made “within the C.I.A. itself,” and they were destroyed to protect the safety of undercover officers and because they no longer had intelligence value. The agency was headed at the time by Porter J. Goss. Through a spokeswoman, Mr. Goss declined this afternoon to comment on the destruction of the tapes.....
and this -
Mr. Holt said he had been told many times that the C.I.A. does not record the interrogation of detainees. “When I would ask them whether they had reviewed the tapes to better understand the intelligence, they said ‘What tapes?’,” he said.
Ummm. Let's see. Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, said that she had inadvertently erased parts of one of the Nixon audio tapes dealing with Watergate. In other words, she took the fall.
oh, wait. Nixon and his minions lied. This time, the CIA, the Bush/Cheney CIA, are saying they destroyed the tapes. Since they are admitting that they did it, does this mean that they are transparent?
just asking...
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