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The CIA admits to destroying interrogation tapes, and their reasoning?

They were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that tapes documenting controversial interrogation methods could expose agency officials to greater risk of legal jeopardy, several officials said.

I don’t think you have to be particularly partisan or have any kind of axe to grind to read this only one way. They destroyed the tapes because they were worried the actions on the tapes might be construed as illegal! Is there really ANY other way to read that?

Obviously, we all know destruction of evidence is illegal, and we could all be in big trouble for doing something similar.  Even our men and women in blue are not immune, as a female Atlanta police officer is currently suspended, and quite possibly facing much worse legal jeopardy, for destroying evidence of her husbands revolting acts…

Tanya Crane has been suspended with pay because officials believe she burned photographs and negatives of her husband with the girls.

We need to get as mad about the first situation as we are about the second, at least that’s what I think …