![]() ![]() WEINER: The - what is being protected here is the officers who were conducting these interrogations. WEINER: On that theory, millions of CIA documents could be destroyed.īLOCK: And one way of protecting the identity, wouldn't it be, pixilate the videotape, alter it in some way? That would apply to a whole lot of documents, photos, tapes in CIA files, no? This kind of tug-of-war has been going on for 60 years ever since the CIA was created.īLOCK: The CIA director, Michael Hayden, has said these tapes were destroyed to protect the identity of CIA colleagues who took part in these interrogations. TIM WEINER (Intelligence Reporter, The New York Times Author, "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA"): The struggle here is whether the CIA is able to keep its sources and methods secret in the face of a legitimate order of a court or request by Congress to give up the secrets. He's author of "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA."Īnd, Tim, what are the restrictions on what the CIA can and cannot destroy? ![]() We're joined now by longtime intelligence reporter Tim Weiner of the New York Times. ![]()
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