The CIA defied Congress, the US courts and the 9/11 Commission to destroy video tapes of two interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects. It's widely believed the videos contained footage of torture techniques used by the agency.
At first, CIA officials claimed the tapes were destroyed out of security concerns. Right. Now it appears what the CIA operatives were concerned about was the security of their own asses. A number of officials have now admitted the agency was motivated by its own legal exposure.
The intelligence agency only disclosed the destruction of the tapes when informed by the New York Times that the paper knew about it and was about to print the story.
CIA director Michael Haydon said the tapes were destroyed to protect the safety of undercover officers and because they no longer had intelligence value.
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