CIA destroyed tapes
The CIA is accused to have destroyed two videotapes in 2005. These videotapes showed Qaeda agency operatives subjecting terrorism suspects — including Abu Zubaydah, the first detainee in C.I.A. custody — to severe interrogation techniques.
The tapes were destroyed because CIA’s officers were concerned : the video showed harsh interrogation methods which could expose agency officials to legal risks.
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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/washington/07intel.html?st=cse&sq=CIA+destroyed+tapes&scp=1
