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CIA Concedes It Destroyed Al Qaida Tapes

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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