He's just saying that there's no chance the tapes would go along with the paper. They will be burned, shredded, demagnetized, vaporized, or given to Khalidi. Murdoch is never going to see them.
I think we will hear those tapes, but only after Obama is out of office. That way they can bleat to the world about upholding ‘Journalistic Integrity’ without causing political damage to Obamugabe