Newly disclosed documents show CIA officials expressed concern over a 2005 decision to destroy interrogation videos showing the waterboarding of foreign prisoners. The ninety-two tapes were destroyed amidst worries they would do political damage if ever publicly revealed. One agency staffer reported the official who ordered the destruction, Jose Rodriguez, worried the tapes’ disclosure would be “devastating” and “felt it was extremely important to destroy the tapes.” But one day after the destruction, the deputy to then-CIA executive director Kyle “Dusty” Foggo warned the move may have been “improper.” In response, Ben Wizner of the American Civil Liberties Union said, “These documents provide further evidence that senior CIA officials were willing to risk being prosecuted for obstruction of justice in order to avoid being prosecuted for torture. If the Department of Justice fails to hold these officials accountable, they will have succeeded in their cover-up.”