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Carl Levin compares CIA affair to Watergate

By Paul Bedard
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Carl Levin compares CIA affair to Watergate

The Democratic assault on the CIA’s tough interrogation tactics against al Qaeda and other terrorists after 9/11 was pushed Wednesday to a new level when a top senator accusing the Bush White House of playing a role in the destruction of video evidence of “torture.”

Sen. Carl Levin, the retiring chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said it “reminds me of Watergate.”

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