by Rizzo, John
Office of Security of, 41, 42
Office of the Inspector General (OIG), 9, 10, 12, 90, 91, 92, 101, 104, 105
Operations Center of, 109
Operations Directorate (DO) of, 71, 80, 88, 89, 99, 144, 146, 186
and paradox of spy case prosecutions, 65–66
Plame leak case and, 206–8
polygraph exam of, 42–43
poor Iraq intelligence of, 205
Public Affairs Office of, 22, 25, 150, 172, 228, 237
risk aversion of, 146, 152, 186–87, 188, 204
scandals of, 31, 32, 60–61; see also specific scandals
scope of lawyers’ work for, 46–47
secrecy of, 45–46
Special Activities (SAD) division of, 176
terrorist attack on headquarters of, 138–39
and “torture tape” case, see “torture tape” case
and work with non-CIA agents, 61–65
chemical weapons, 176
Cheney, Dick, 127, 189, 196, 198, 207, 249, 277
at covert-action operations meetings, 225
EIT change opposed by, 248
Chertoff, Mike, 190, 191
chiefs of station (COS), 92–95, 97
Church, Frank, 31, 32, 55
Church Committee, 31, 32, 44–45, 47, 55, 60, 301
CIA Act (1949), 56
Clarridge, Duane “Dewey,” 81, 82–84, 85, 91, 92, 123
Casey’s friendship with, 82–83
Congress disliked by, 83–84
at Iran-contra hearings, 126–28, 134
made head of CTC, 102
Nicaraguan harbor-mining idea of, 82–83, 103
North’s meeting with, 104–5
personality of, 81, 82–83
in refusal to talk to Bruemmer, 131–32
testimony to intelligence committees by, 110–11, 121–22
Walsh’s investigation and, 134
Webster criticized by, 130
Western European COS case and, 93–94
Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), 66
Clinton, Bill, 156, 166, 167, 282, 286
Al Qaeda and, 160, 169, 172, 173
bin Laden’s capture sought by, 161, 162, 164, 165, 298
elected president, 135
Findings and MONs avoided at end of administration of, 166
indifference to CIA of, 137–38, 139, 301
CNN, 122
Cogan, Charles, 81–82, 84, 86, 91
personality of, 81–82
Cohen, Bill, 84
Colby, William, 44
Cold War, 56, 68, 134
Cole, USS, 12, 166, 194
Congress, U.S.:
author’s testimony on torture tapes to, 2, 24–29
and case of CIA traitor, 142–43
contra funding cut off by, 103, 104
EITs and, 199–201
waterboarding approved by, 6
contras, 74, 100, 103, 104, 106, 108–9, 156
Corporate Counsel, 28
Counterproliferation Division, CIA, 206
Counterterrorist Center (CTC), 151, 196, 226, 237, 280
Al Qaeda offensive of, 179, 211
Clarridge made head of, 102
CTC Update and, 175–78
on enhanced interrogation techniques, 184–87, 193
financial operations of, 236, 238
HVT Task Force of, 182
terrorist assets of, 147–48
torture tapes and, 3, 8, 9, 14, 16
Zubaydah as target of, 181–83
Courting Disaster (Thiessen), 209
Craig, Greg, 279, 282, 284–85, 287
cramped confinement, 185
CTC Update, 175–78
Cuba, 74, 160
Curveball, 205–6
Customs Service, U.S., 32, 38
Cutler, Lloyd, 75
Decision Points (Bush), 197–98, 199
Deep Throat, 119
Defense Department, U.S., 111, 129, 202, 248
Denton, John, 67, 68
Deutch, John, 143–47, 152, 157, 158
Deutch Guidelines, 152
DeVine, Michael, 146
Directorate of Intelligence (DI), CIA, 88, 99
Directorate of Operations (DO), CIA, 71, 80, 88, 89, 99, 144, 146, 186
director of national intelligence (DNI), 26
see also Office of the Director of National Intelligence
dirty assets, 145–51
DNI, 26
Doherty, David, 116, 132–33
drones, 297, 300
Dulles, Allen, 39
Durham, John, 1, 2, 24, 28–29
Eatinger, Bob, 13
Eggleston, Neil, 116–17
Eichmann, Adolph, 182, 260
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Arendt), 182
elections, U.S.:
of 1976, 166
of 1980, 166
of 1984, 166
of 1986, 115
of 1988, 166
of 1992, 135, 137, 166
of 1996, 166
of 2000, 166, 167
of 2004, 166, 223
of 2006, 21, 249
of 2008, 166, 278
El Salvador, 83, 106
Emanuel, Rahm, 286, 287
enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs), 3, 4, 11, 183–93, 201–2, 234, 239, 300
alleged deaths caused by, 293–94
Bush on, 197–98, 199
Congress and, 199–201
continuing debate on, 208–10, 233, 241
ending of, 277, 278, 284, 299
Goss’s memo on, 244–45
Hayden’s investigation of, 245–49, 285
investigations of, 211–16, 225, 242–50, 285
Justice Department’s approval of, 185, 188–93
McCain’s opposition to, 241–42, 244, 277
Obama’s repudiation of, 200, 209, 277
Principals Committee on, 196–98, 215, 223, 224, 225–26, 248
public controversy on, 233
Rice briefed on, 269–71
Rizzo’s confirmation hearing and, 264–66
European Court of Human Rights, 260
Europe Division, CIA, 93
extraordinary renditions, 258–63, 272
facial hold, 184
Faisalabad, Pakistan, 182
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 66, 68, 69, 131, 150, 177, 191, 202
Ames case and, 143
global terrorism and, 159
Plame leak investigated by, 207
Weiner leak investigated by, 150
Feingold, Russ, 255
Feinstein, Dianne, 255, 266, 267, 290
Felt, Mark, 119
Fernandez, Joe, 126
Fiers, Alan, 105–6, 123
in Bruemmer’s report, 132
at Iran-contra hearings, 110–11, 121, 126–28
First Amendment, 261
Fischel, Donna, 25, 282
Fitzgerald, Patrick, 207
Fleming, Ian, 32
Foggo, Kyle “Dusty,” 219–20, 221, 222
Ford, Gerald, 43–44, 47, 77, 166
France, 176, 260
Freedom of Information Act, 15, 283
freedom of the press, 232
free speech, 261
From the Shadows (Gates), 120
Gang of 8, 6, 107
EITs and, 200, 201
Gates, Bob, 85, 117–18, 120, 123, 126, 130, 131, 134–35, 144, 155, 168
made deputy national security advisor, 133
Walsh investigation and, 134
Geneva Conventions, 245
Genton, Gina, 145
George, Clair, 85, 92, 118, 123
at Iran-contra hearings, 110–11, 121, 126–28
made Casey’s congressional liaison, 85
in refusal to talk to Bruemmer, 131–32
Walsh investigation and, 134
George Washington University, 37–38
Gimigliano, Paul, 25
Goldsmith,
Jack, 212, 213–14
Goldwater, Barry, 103
Gonzales, Alberto, 13, 15, 16, 189, 196, 198, 212, 213, 215
covert-action operations meetings of, 224–25
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s trial desired by, 224
Rizzo’s nomination as CIA general counsel supported by, 249, 271
Good Shepherd, The (film), 35
Gore, Al, 166, 167
Goss, Porter, 8–9, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 217–19, 273
EIT program and, 241–42, 243, 244–45, 285
McCain’s meeting with, 241–42
made CIA director, 14, 217
personality of, 217–18, 238
Rizzo nominated as CIA general counsel by, 239, 243–44, 248, 249
Suskind’s investigation and, 235
and worries about Risen’s book, 228, 229
Graham, Bob, 203–4
Gries, Dave, 99, 103, 109
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, 178–79, 223–24, 245, 247, 256, 260, 263, 277
Guatemala, 146–47, 151–52
Hadley, Steve, 197, 242, 244
Hale, Nathan, 40
Hall, Fawn, 105
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 245, 247, 276
Hamilton, Lee, 11, 116
Harbury, Jennifer, 146
Hard Measures (Rodriguez), 200
Harman, Jane, 8–9, 20
Harvard University, 61–62
Hasenfus, Eugene, 106, 109
Hayden, Michael, 21, 24, 177, 245, 277
CIA left by, 280–81
EITs investigated by, 245–49, 285
at Obama’s transition meetings, 279–80
Rizzo’s nomination as CIA general counsel supported by, 272–73, 274–75
Helgerson, John, 9, 12, 213
Hellerstein, Alvin, 283, 284
Herlihy, Ed, 79
Hersch, Seymour, 31, 32
Hezbollah, 101, 102
high-value detainees (HVDs), 178, 179, 211
high-value terrorist targets (HVTs), 178, 182
hijackings, 100
Hoekstra, Pete, 28
Holder, Eric, 284, 287, 293, 294, 295, 296
Holiday Party Massacre, 132
Holt, Rush, 27
Homer, Dave, 67
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), 8, 12, 23–24, 47, 108, 110–11, 200, 217, 282
author’s testimony to, 2, 24–29
“dirty assets” and, 150
EITs and, 199
Hugel, Max, 89
human rights abuses, 145–46
Hunt, Howard, 38
Hurricane Katrina, 241
Hussein, Saddam, 205, 241
Inouye, Daniel, 116
insult slap, 184
International Committee of the Red Cross, 277
interrogations:
naked, 247, 270
see also enhanced interrogation techniques
Iran, 70, 81
hostage crisis in, 70, 75
U.S. arms sales to, 106–8, 112
Iran-contra scandal, 82, 100, 109, 133, 134, 135
Bruemmer’s report on, 131–32
hearings on, 122–28
joint congressional committee on, 115–18, 120, 129
Senate report on, 111–13
Iraq, 213, 241
Powell’s U.N. speech on, 205–6, 215
Iraq War, 205, 294, 300
Israel, 260
Johnson, Ken, 111–12, 130
Johnson, Lyndon, 31
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 86
Jones, Jim, 288
judicial precedents, 55
Justice Department, U.S., 66, 70, 111, 149, 150, 223
Abu Ghraib scandal and, 213
CIA agents not charged with criminal abuse by, 293
“dirty assets” and, 149–50
EITs approved by, 185, 188–93, 264, 266
EITs investigated by, 211–13, 242, 243
global terrorism and, 159
and Iraq prisoner deaths, 293–95
OGC’s classified letters to, 206
Plame leak investigated by, 206–7
Risen’s disclosures and, 232
“torture tape” case and, 1, 4, 5, 6–7, 16
see also Office of Legal Counsel
Kampiles, William, 65, 66–70
Kansi, Mir Aimal, 138, 260
Kappes, Steve, 218, 273–75, 281, 286–87
Katrina, Hurricane, 241
Kean, Tom, 11
Kelly, Mary Louise, 258–59
Kennedy, John F., 32, 39, 53, 57, 169
Kenya, 161
KGB, 56, 57, 59
KH-11 satellite manual, 66
Khobar Towers complex, 160
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 70, 81, 101, 106
kidnappings, 100, 101, 102, 106–8
Kirkpatrick, Lyman, 31–32, 35–36, 52
Kissinger, Henry, 44
Krongard, Buzzy, 175, 203, 218
on Rizzo’s Senate hearing, 252
Lake, Anthony, 155, 156
Laos, 49
Lapham, Tony, 48, 49–50, 68, 69, 71, 79, 121
Latin America Division, CIA, 93, 105
Leahy, Pat, 113
Lebanon, 106
embassy bombing in, 100, 101
hostages in, 100, 101, 102, 106–8
marine barracks bombing in, 100, 101
Legacy of Ashes (Weiner), 151
Legal Times, 28
Leon, Dick, 127
Levin, Carl, 255–56, 258–59, 260, 261, 263–64, 266, 267
Levin, Dan, 191, 216
Libbi, Abu Faraj al-, 244
Libby, Lewis “Scooter,” 196, 207
Libya, 81
Liddy, Gordon, 38
Liman, Arthur, 116–17, 123, 124, 125–26, 128
Litigation Division, CIA, 7
Los Angeles International Airport, 181
McCain, John, 166, 241–42, 244, 277, 279
McCain Amendment, 242–43, 245, 247, 276
McConnell, Mike, 279
McLaughlin, John, 175, 196, 215, 217
McMahon, John, 80, 85, 89, 99, 117
McNagny, Phil, 70
McNamara, Bob, 159, 162, 165, 167, 172
resignation of, 174, 175
McPherson, John, 7–8, 16
Maddow, Rachel, 289
Manila plot, 160
Mansfield, Mark, 22
Martin, John, 67
Massoud, Ahmed Shah, 163, 164
Mazzetti, Mark, 1, 22, 275
Meese, Ed, 109
“Memorandums of Notification” (MONs), 75, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 168, 169
on Al Qaeda, 172–74, 178, 186, 298
Attorney General and, 164–65
on Northern Alliance, 163–64
Tenet’s desire for Al Qaeda, 173
Meyer, Cord, 51–53
Meyer, Mary, 53
Middle East, 100, 261
Miers, Harriet, 15, 16, 17, 20, 224, 225–27, 229, 231
Rizzo’s nomination as CIA general counsel supported by, 249, 271
Military Commissions Act, 276
Millerwise, Jennifer, 22
Miscik, Jami, 175, 218
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 10, 194–95, 196, 197–98, 209, 243
capture of, 237
in prison, 221, 222, 223–24, 247, 298
moles, 66–67
Moseman, John, 145, 175, 203, 218
Moss, Randy, 236
Moussaoui, Zacaria, 11, 12, 15
Moynihan, Daniel, 84
MSNBC, 289
Mueller, Bob, 191
Mughniyah, Imad, 101
Mukasey, Michael, 24
Muller, Scott, 203–5
and EIT investigation, 212, 213, 214
made head of OGC, 2–3, 203–5
Plame leak and, 207
resignation of, 21, 213, 214
Senate confirmation of, 203–4
torture tape case and, 7, 8–9, 12–14, 15
Murray, Anne, 221–22
Mu
rray, Pat, 20, 218
Myers, Dick, 196
Nader, Ralph, 85
Nashiri, Abd al-Rahim al-, 8, 194, 196
National Security Act, 200
National Security Agency (NSA), 129, 177, 246
surveillance program of, 212, 255, 280
National Security Council (NSC), 72, 87, 88, 104, 106, 156, 162, 189, 226, 245
National Security Council Principals Committee, 196–98, 215, 223, 224, 225–26, 248
National Student Association, 53
NBC, 113
Near East division, CIA, 80, 86, 176
Negroponte, John, 15, 18, 20, 22, 241, 244, 271
Nelson, John, 145
New Headquarters Office Building (NHB), CIA, 141
New Times, 53
New Yorker, 272
New York Times, 1, 10, 23, 31, 146, 150–51, 227, 228–29, 252, 257, 271, 275
Nicaragua, 70, 74, 82–83, 100, 134, 156
mining of ports of, 82–83, 103
Nields, John, 116–17, 123, 124
9/11 Commission, 10, 11, 12, 160, 162, 164, 209
Nixon, Richard, 31
Nolen, Sue, 40
nonofficial cover officer (NOC), 63
North, Oliver, 104–6, 108–9, 110, 112, 123
Iran-contra testimony of, 124
Northern Alliance, 163–64
Northwest Federal Credit Union, 140
Nosenko, Yuri, 56–60
Novak, Robert, 206
NPR, 258–59, 269
Obama, Barack, 258, 278, 300
Craig placed on team on national security by, 279
EITs repudiated by, 200, 209, 277, 280, 281, 284
and release of torture memos, 287, 295
renditions endorsed by, 260
transition meetings for, 279–80
Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA), 25, 99, 101, 103, 133
Office of General Counsel (OGC), CIA, 38, 99, 106, 115, 167
classified letters to Justice sent by, 206
crime reports written by, 149–50
diversity of matters of, 55
Doherty put in charge of, 116
growth of, 44–45, 48, 85
Muller made head of, 2–3, 203–5
parish visits of, 50–51
power of, 46–47
Suskind investigation and, 235, 236
Walsh investigation and, 133
Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
EITs and, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192–93, 195–96, 198, 201, 212–16, 225, 264, 271
torture memos of, see “torture memos”
Office of Logistics, CIA, 50
Office of Public Affairs, CIA, 22, 25, 150, 172, 228, 237
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 44, 77
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), 241, 245, 246
Office of the Inspector General (OIG), CIA, 9, 10, 12, 90, 91, 92, 101, 104, 105
O’Neil, Mike, 145, 167
O’Neill, Paul, 234–36, 238
O’Neill, Tip, 83, 100
One Percent Doctrine (Suskind), 238
Original Headquarters Office Building (OHB), CIA, 141, 142
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 57, 59
Oxford, Lewis, 34
Pace, Peter, 196
