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U.S. Says C.I.A. Destroyed 92 Tapes of Interrogations

Mar. 2, 2009
The revelation gave a number to the tapes destroyed by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2005. They documented harsh interrogations of Qaeda suspects.
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