The CIA's 2005 destruction of interrogation videotapes occurred despite objections from President George W. Bush's White House counsel and the director of national intelligence.
Sources
- The Senate Torture Report and Investigative Journalism (cfr.org)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-senate-report-on-the-cias-interrogation-program-should-be-made-public/2014/04/10/eeeb237a-c0c3-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html (washingtonpost.com)
- https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/government-has-information-gina-haspels-torture-record-senate-cant (aclu.org)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36589750 (nbcnews.com)
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-cia-lawyers-angry-at-tape-destruction (foxnews.com)
- https://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/16/cia.tapes/index.html (cnn.com)
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