CIA destroyed interrogation tapes.

The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention program, according to current and former government officials.

The videotapes showed agency operatives in 2002 subjecting terrorism suspects — including Abu Zubaydah, the first detainee in C.I.A. custody — to severe interrogation techniques. The tapes were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that video showing harsh interrogation methods could expose agency officials to legal risks, several officials said.

In a statement to employees on Thursday, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, the C.I.A. director, said that the decision to destroy the tapes was made “within the C.I.A.” and that they were destroyed to protect the safety of undercover officers and because they no longer had intelligence value.

The excuse that the tapes were destroyed to protect the identities of the CIA interrogators is complete horseshit as anybody who has ever watched a video on YouTube knows that faces can be blurred out.

No these tapes were destroyed because the CIA knew that what they were engaging in was illegal and that if they were shown to Congress the CIA and Bush administration would be in deep shit.

I think we can all agree that the techniques utilized by the CIA to get information from these detainees was almost certainly illegal, and that the information we gathered is very likely incorrect or completely fabricated.

Pogo was correct, "We have met the enemy, and he is us."