C.I.A. Document Details Destruction of Tapes

[MannyGoldstein]

Source: The NY Times

WASHINGTON — Porter J. Goss, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in 2005 approved of the decision by one of his top aides to destroy dozens of videotapes documenting the brutal interrogation of two detainees, according to an internal C.I.A. document released Thursday.

Shortly after the tapes were destroyed at the order of Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., then the head of the C.I.A.’s clandestine service, Mr. Goss told Mr. Rodriguez that he “agreed” with the decision, according to the document. He even joked after Mr. Rodriguez offered to “take the heat” for destroying the tapes.

“PG laughed and said that actually, it would be he, PG, who would take the heat,” according to one of the document, an internal C.I.A. e-mail message.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/us/16tapes.html?hp

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Face it, the bad guys won and nothing will come of this. We live in a world where war crimes are cool, and "shrewd businessmen" who bring the world to the brink of financial ruin get trillions in tax cash.

And the good guys? We're "fucking retarded".

Feh.