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To adhere to u.s. law, but at the same time, reach a resolution that would protect our officers. there were numerous legal consultations over a period of years at the agency. our lawyers were very consistent in saying to us that there was no legal requirement to retain the tapes, no legal impediment to disposing of the tapes. i'm not a lawyer, but i believe the basis for that judgment was the fact that there was a complete and written detailed record of the interrogation, and at cia, the official record is the cable record. we use that for all of our operations. there were two reviews done of ...