San Francisco, CA — Rudy Giuliani is calling for an investigation into the CIA destruction of interrogation tapes because it could have been done “deliberately.”

“There can be an explanation for it. It can be something that was done in the normal course, it can be something that was done by mistake, it could be something that was done deliberately. And that is why the Justice Department has to investigate it. And we shouldn’t be drawing conclusions about it,” he said during a stop at Mel’s Drive-In in downtown San Francisco.

Last week, we learned that the CIA had videotaped and then later destroyed the tapes of interrogations of at least two terrorism suspects from 2002. A number of Senators and Reps. on both sides of the aisle are also calling for an investigation, though some Democrats believe an objective outside investigator needs to be appointed to delve into the issue. Giuliani disagreed, saying today that the Justice Department is the most appropriate arm of government to be conducting the investigation.