President Bush didn't know. Vice President Cheney was in the dark as well. CIA Director Porter Goss wasn't informed. CIA Acting General Counsel John Rizzo also didn't know. The full blame for destruction of the tapes has fallen on Jose Rodriguez, then CIA's head of the clandestine division. He reportedly undertook the destruction of the tapes unilaterally, without instructions from his bosses or notifing them of his actions. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.