47% Say White House Knew About CIA's Torching of Torture Tapes
The issue of torture has again jumped to the fore with the revelation that in 2005 the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed videotapes of interrogations of terrorism suspects, some three years after the interrogations were conducted. CIA Director Michael Hayden contends that once their intelligence value had been exhausted, the tapes were destroyed to protect the interrogators from reprisals. A Rasmussen Reports national survey finds that 40% of likely voters consider his explanation plausible, while 35% think the main motive was to cover up the use of torture.
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