The buck stops where?

The Washington Post provides revealing details (if true) about the destruction of those CIA interrogation tapes. Here is what I took away from the story:
First, the CIA professionals who were involved in the interrogations wanted the tapes destroyed early on, before anyone was worrying about terrorist rights. They were sure the tapes would eventually leak, and did not want pictures of the interrogations (or themselves) to appear on television. However, the CIA