The Man Who Ordered CIA’s Tape Destruction, Jose Rodriguez Ordered Tapes Of Terror Interrogations Destroyed Without Telling CIA Director

Posted on: December 10th, 2007
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“He is the man who ordered the destruction of video tapes documenting the CIA’s interrogation of two high-level al Qaeda operatives.

The then-head of the clandestine service, Jose Rodriguez, ordered the tapes destroyed shortly after a Washington Post expose focused attention on the CIA’s secret prisons, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.

“Well, I think there might have been concern that those tapes could have been called for by some outside body and the CIA would no longer maintain control over them,” said retired CIA officer John Brennan, who is now a CBS News consultant. “*

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