It perhaps comes as no surprise that the CIA are good at making up cover stories:
After an exhaustive probe that lasted nearly three years, federal prosecutor John Durham concluded that he would not bring a criminal case against the CIA officers. The burning of the 92 tapes on Nov. 9, 2005, was authorized in a cable sent by Jose Rodriguez Jr., head of the agency's directorate of operations.
-WaPo
-WaPo
Three years and yet another under-prosecution from the Bush era.