CIA watchdog ‘accidentally destroyed’ copy of ‘torture report’

Acting inspector general Christopher Sharpley uploaded the report to the office's internal computer network and then destroyed the hard disk, apparently following standard protocol, the news outlet reported. Then, someone else in the watchdog’s office reportedly misinterpreted instructions from the Justice Department not to open the file and deleted it from the server.

The CIA, in which the inspector general’s office sits, retains a copy of the full report, and is waiting for the conclusion of a legal battle over the document.

Now, this can happen to the best of us. I have a watchdog that accidentally can encrypt my whole disk. Cant be helped, one should hold a grudge about such small accidents.

> a 500-page executive summary

That page count is a horror in itself.