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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Ex-CIA Head Erased Torture Tapes

The former CIA Director Porter Goss has given the go-ahead for the destruction of tapes depicting brutal interrogation of two terrorist suspects.

According to CIA's internal e-mails, in 2005, then Director of the agency's clandestine service Jose Rodriguez ordered the destruction of hundreds of torture tapes — a move "approved" by the Goss.

However, Rodriguez had expressed concern over the destruction of the 92 tapes saying it would be "devastating" to the CIA if they ever surfaced, the Associated Press reported on Friday.'

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