Bryan P. over at Michelle’s digs has found the real culprit in the destruction of the CIA Interrogation tapes- John McCain. I’ll let Bryan explain:
This is what we get when we have leaders who abdicate leadership and don’t protect their subordinates for the consequences of the choices that the leaders make. This, essentially, is the result of Sen. John McCain’s announced policy of keeping interrogation techniques like waterboarding illegal, but knowing full well that it will be used in extreme circumstances, and that when it is used the agents who used it will find themselves in legal jeopardy no matter what the outcome of the interrogation was. It’s the politics of passing the buck.
Because he refused to legalize torture, John McCain forced these guys to break the law. Bryan’s take is as entertaining as Michelle’s.