Tapes’ Destruction Hovers Over Detainee Cases – New York Times:
“‘They thought they were saving themselves from legal scrutiny, as well as possible danger from Al Qaeda if the tapes became public,’ said Frederick P. Hitz, a former C.I.A. officer and the agency’s inspector general from 1990 to 1998, speaking of agency officials who favored eliminating the tapes. ‘Unknowingly, perhaps, they may have created even more problems for themselves.’”
(Via The NY Times.)
You don’t beat the lawless by becoming like them.