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CIA Concedes It Destroyed Al Qaida Tapes

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Published December 7, 2007 at 6:00 AM EST

CIA director Michael Hayden says the agency destroyed videotapes of its interrogations of two top al Qaida suspects. Philip Zelikow, executive director of the 9/11 Commission, had hoped to review the tapes. He talks with Renee Montagne about the commission's request.

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