See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Speak no evil:

The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.A’s secret detention program, according to current and former government officials.

The videotapes showed agency operatives in 2002 subjecting terror suspects — including Abu Zubaydah, the first detainee in C.I.A. custody — to severe interrogation techniques. They were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that tapes documenting controversial interrogation methods could expose agency officials to greater risk of legal jeopardy, several officials said.

Everyone knows it's torture. Bush will insist it isn't, which will cause Joe Klein to have a fainting spell over his candor, David Broder to predict Bush's revival in the polls, Chris Matthews to get some Codpiece love going and the Washington Post to transcribe whatever Bush says without weighing in on its veracity, but we all know it's torture and wrong. The CIA destroyed the tapes because they were committing illegal and inhumane acts. It's that simple.