WASHINGTON — Porter J. Goss, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in 2005 approved of the decision by one of his top aides to destroy dozens of videotapes documenting the brutal interrogation of two detainees, according to an internal C.I.A. document released Thursday. Andrew Councill for The New York Times Porter J. Goss, shown in May 2006, joked with Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., the former head of the C.I.A.’s clandestine service, after the latter offered to ‘take the heat’ for destroying tapes that documented brutal interrogation of detainees, agency documents show. Shortly after the tapes were destroyed at the order of Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., then the head of the C.I.A.’s clandestine service, Mr. Goss told Mr. Rodriguez that he ‘agreed’ with the decision, according to the document. He even joked after Mr. Rodriguez offered to ‘take the heat’ for destroying the tapes. ‘PG laughed and said that actually, it would be he, PG, who would take the heat,’ according to one document, an internal C.I.A. e-mail message. According to current and former intelligence officials, Mr. Goss did not approve the destruction before it happened, and was displeased that Mr. Rodriguez did not consult […]