Statement from Dan Seals on Destruction of CIA Interrogation Tapes

"DEERFIELD, IL? On Thursday, Dan Seals, Democratic candidate for Congress,
criticized Congressman Mark Kirk for supporting the CIA?s decision to destroy
videotaped footage of its officers engaging in harsh interrogation techniques
against suspected terrorists, including the controversial waterboarding
technique.DEERFIELD, IL? On Thursday, Dan Seals, Democratic candidate for
Congress, criticized Congressman Mark Kirk for supporting the CIA?s decision to
destroy videotaped footage of its officers engaging in harsh interrogation
techniques against suspected terrorists, including the controversial
waterboarding technique.DEERFIELD, IL? On Thursday, Dan Seals, Democratic
candidate for Congress, criticized Congressman Mark Kirk for supporting the
CIA?s decision to destroy videotaped footage of its officers engaging in harsh
interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists, including the
controversial waterboarding technique."

Just like when Nixon did it, the destruction of a recording begs the question, what was on that recording. When it is a tape of a questionable interrogation tactic, it raises even more doubts. There is no reason those tapes should have been destroyed.