The CIA's top lawyer said Tuesday he did not object to a 2002 memo authorizing interrogation techniques that stop just short of causing a sensation of impending organ failure or even death. Yet John Rizzo, who is serving as the agency's temporary general counsel, said he later found the document to be an "aggressive, expansive" reading of U.S. law. Rizzo spoke before the Senate Intelligence Committee as he made the case that he should become the CIA's top lawyer permanently.
June 21, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The CIA’s top lawyer said Tuesday he did not object to a 2002 memo authorizing interrogation techniques that stop just short of causing a sensation of impending organ failure or even death.
Yet John Rizzo, who is serving as the agency’s temporary general counsel, said he later found the document to be an “aggressive, expansive” reading of U.S. law.
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