McCain: "...no national security reason I can think of that would justify destroying the tapes.”

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McCain on the Destroyed C.I.A. Tapes
By Marc Santora

NASHUA, N.H. — We have yet to hear the other Republican presidential candidates weigh in on the news that the C.I.A. destroyed two videotapes showing interrogations of terrorism suspects, but Senator John McCain made it clear that he was not happy about it.

Sitting on the back of his campaign bus Thursday night, Mr. McCain quickly scanned The New York Times account on a BlackBerry as the story broke. He shook his head gravely.

“I am astonished,” he said. “But am I surprised? No.”

He said that he wanted to know who ordered their destruction and what was on the tapes and that people needed to be held accountable. But he said he did not endorse the Democrats’ calls today for an investigation into the matter.

“There is no national security reason I can think of that would justify destroying the tapes,” he said.
As he learned more about the case, Mr. McCain, who has been vehement in his condemnation of abusive interrogation techniques, became only more upset.

“It is only going to serve to increase the skepticism the American people have,” he said rather sadly.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/mccain-on-the-destroyed-cia-tapes/

[HowHasItComeToThis]

1. HEY CAIN, HOLD THE REPUBLICKING CULT ACCOUNTABLE

TIED IN LIES FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER

[TwilightGardener]

2. Both-Ways McCain: Express Indignation, But Thwart Any Real Action.

Thus trying to appeal to Indies and Dems without pissing off GOP primary voters.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Crazy McCain.

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