One thing missing from this graph would be the who and why on legal vs. political...which would seem to be pertinent to the discussion of WHO was covering majority party ass....
But both Porter J. Goss, then a Republican congressman from Florida and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Representative Jane Harman of California, the ranking Democrat, thought destroying the tapes would be legally and politically risky. C.I.A. officials did not press the matter.
Would it not be prudent to point out that Goss had control over any oversight? Just asking...but in case there is any confusion, Harman thought destroying the tapes was illegal...and Goss weighed in on the political implications.
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