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Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA

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by Rizzo, John


  Pakistan, 161, 177, 182

  renditions to, 260

  Panetta, Leon, 291

  cursing by, 157, 287

  EITs called “torture” by, 281

  made CIA director, 282–83

  Pelosi’s EIT claims contradicted by, 200–201

  and release of torture memos, 285–88

  Parker, Elizabeth Rindskopf, 167

  Pavitt, Jim, 7, 12, 14, 175, 186

  PBS, 122

  Pearl, Daniel, 194

  Pelosi, Nancy, 200–201

  Pentagon, 171, 174

  Personal History Statement, 41

  Phoenix program, 44

  Plame, Valerie, 206–8

  Poindexter, John, 109, 112, 123, 125

  Powell, Colin, 196–97, 215

  resignation of, 223

  U.N. presentation of, 205–6, 215

  Presidential Findings, 71–75, 83, 112, 162, 163

  on Afghanistan, 73–74

  on arms sales to Iran, 106–8

  Attorney General and, 164–65

  Casey’s desire for toughness in, 78–79, 85–86, 87–88

  on El Salvador, 83

  length of, 86–87

  on worldwide terrorism, 161

  see also “Memorandums of Notification”

  President’s Intelligence Oversight Board, 145

  Preston, Stephen, 289–90, 291

  Price of Loyalty, The: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill (Suskind), 235

  prisons, see secret prisons

  PRT-250, 125–26

  Qaddafi, Muammar, 81, 102

  Raul, Alan, 129

  Ready, Dave, 67

  Reagan, Ronald, 77, 80, 82, 86, 87–88, 134, 137, 166, 167

  El Salvador policies of, 83

  Findings and MONs avoided at end of administration of, 166

  Iran-contra and, 112, 118

  Lebanon kidnappings and, 102, 106–8

  North fired by, 109

  Presidential Finding on worldwide terrorism issued by, 161

  Red Cross, 277

  Redstone, Sumner, 230

  Reger, Brenda, 129

  Rendezvous Room, 44

  renditions, 258–63, 272

  Reno, Janet, 164–65

  Republican Party, U.S., 253–54

  Ressam, Ahmed, 181

  Reyes, Silvestre, 24, 26–27, 28

  Rice, Condoleezza, 168, 189, 196, 197, 198, 215

  EIT briefings of, 269–71

  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s trial desired by, 224

  naked interrogations opposed by, 247, 270

  Risen summoned by, 229

  Richmond, Jim, 67

  Risen, James, 227–32

  Rizzo, Arthur, 33

  Rizzo, Frances, 33

  Rizzo, James, 90, 152–53, 273

  Rizzo, John:

  background of, 32–36

  Casey’s first meeting with, 78–79

  congressional testimony on torture tapes of, 2, 24–29

  EITs and, 184–93, 264–66

  4F status of, 37

  general counsel hearing of, 21, 240–41, 249–50, 251–67, 271

  hippo incident and, 97–98

  Iran-contra hearings and, 120–21, 122–28, 130

  lessons learned by, 297–98

  made Directorate of Operations, 70–71

  on 9/11, 172

  nominated for general counsel, 21, 239, 243–44, 248, 249

  Nosenko’s meeting with, 58–60

  politics of, 254

  Presidential Findings written by, 71–73

  and proposed snatch of bin Laden, 162

  purge feared by, 217–18

  rejected as general counsel, 271–76

  and release of torture memos, 285, 286–88, 289–90

  remarriage of, 152–53

  retirement of, 290–91, 296

  secret prison visited by, 218–24

  and Senate report on Iran-contra, 111–13

  South America parish visits of, 50–51

  Suskind’s meeting with, 236–38

  testimony on Calero by, 156

  and “torture tape” case, 1–2, 10–21, 22–23, 24–29

  transition briefings for Obama set up by, 279

  voting record of, 166–67

  waterboarding initially opposed by, 186

  and worries about Risen’s book, 227–32

  Rizzo, Maria, 33

  Rizzo, Nancy, 33

  Rizzo, Sharon Breed, 152–53, 229–30, 231, 239–40, 273

  Roberts, Pat, 8–9, 20, 248–49

  Rockefeller, Jay, 8–9, 20, 249, 254–55, 257, 258, 264, 267, 274

  Rodriguez, Jose, 187, 209

  Gang of 8 briefed on EITs by, 200

  and torture tapes, 3, 4, 5–7, 12, 14–17, 19, 20–21, 22, 23

  Rome, 100

  Rosenberry, Melody, 25, 26, 250, 274

  Rudman, Warren, 116

  Rumsfeld, Donald, 178, 196, 223

  CIA detainees and, 224, 248

  Sandinistas, 70, 74, 146

  U.S. plane shot down by, 106

  Saudi Arabia, terrorism in, 160

  Schakowsky, Jan, 27

  secret prisons, 1, 3, 5, 10, 21, 210, 211, 249, 300

  closing of, 257, 277, 278, 299

  command center in, 220–21

  discussed at Rizzo’s confirmation hearing, 256

  legacy of, 299

  media investigations on, 233

  Rizzo’s visit to, 218–23

  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 79, 116

  Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), 256

  Senate Intelligence Committee, 8, 23, 47, 103, 104, 108, 109, 110–11, 129, 145

  “dirty assets” and, 150

  EITs and, 199

  investigative report on Iran-contra by, 111–13

  Lake opposed by, 155

  Muller’s confirmation hearing at, 203–4

  Rizzo rejected as counsel by, 272–76

  Rizzo’s confirmation hearing before, 21, 240–41, 249–50, 251–67, 271

  Rizzo’s testimony on Calero to, 156

  Senior Intelligence Service, 102

  September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 6, 9, 18, 53, 60, 139, 171–74, 181, 186, 190, 202, 210, 223, 225, 234, 247, 275, 278, 297

  CIA risk aversion before, 146, 152, 186–87

  EITs as response to, 198

  fear generated by, 208–9

  renditions and, 261, 262

  Shackley, Ted, 49–50

  Shane, Scott, 1

  Shanksville, Pa., 173

  Shedd, David, 226–27, 228, 229, 231–32

  Shelby, Richard, 155

  “Shoe Bomber” attack, 174

  Silver, Dan, 71, 72, 75, 79

  sleep deprivation, 185, 195, 197, 247, 270

  Smith, Jeff, 147, 149, 151, 152, 167, 280

  Snell, Dieter, 10

  Snider, Britt, 145

  Snowe, Olympia, 255

  Sorenson, Ted, 55

  Soufan, Ali, 209

  South America, 50–51

  Soviet Union, 65, 70

  Afghanistan invaded by, 70, 73, 74, 134, 160, 163

  Ames as spy for, 139–43, 156–57, 301

  collapse of, 134, 135

  defectors from, 56–59

  Special Activities (SAD) division, CIA, 176

  Sporkin, Stanley, 79–80, 85, 87, 106, 107, 116, 133, 290

  Spy for All Seasons, A (Clarridge), 82, 121–22, 130

  Starr, Nick, 138

  State Department, U.S., 111, 129, 147, 202, 223

  Al Qaeda’s finances and, 234

  State of War (Risen), 227–32

  Stein, John, 89, 91–92

  Sterling, Jeffrey, 232

  stress positions, 185

  Stuckey, Don, 67, 68

  Sudan, 160, 176, 260

  suicide car-bomb attacks, 181

  Supreme Court, U.S., 69, 167, 188, 226

  Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape
(SERE), 183, 185

  Suskind, Ron, 235–38

  Tanzania, 161

  Taylor, Elizabeth, 254

  Tenet, George, 7, 12, 145, 167, 169, 175, 182, 183, 217, 218, 237, 246

  Al Qaeda MON desired by, 173

  Al Qaeda targeted by, 166

  on Ames’s treason, 156–57

  at CTC Updates, 177

  cursing by, 157, 287

  EITs and, 186, 187–89, 193, 197–98, 199, 285

  kept on by GW Bush, 167–68

  made CIA director, 155

  on 9/11, 172

  personality of, 155–56, 157–58, 168, 238

  Plame leak and, 207

  at Powell’s U.N. speech, 206

  on Principals Committee, 196, 197–98

  and proposed snatch of bin Laden, 162, 165

  resignation of, 213, 215

  terrorism, 100, 159, 160, 161, 165

  at CIA headquarters, 138–39

  see also September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

  Thiessen, Marc, 209

  Thomas, Evan, 35

  Tierney, John, 26, 27

  torture, 184, 233

  Panetta on EITs and, 281

  renditions and, 260–63

  see also enhanced interrogation techniques

  “torture memos,” 4, 216, 257–58

  release of, 283–88, 289, 295

  “torture tape” case, 1–29, 276

  author’s testimony on, 2–9

  congressional testimony on, 2, 8–9

  decision to make tape, 4–5

  destruction of tapes in, 5–7, 12, 14–16, 18

  IG report on, 9–10, 12

  9/11 Commission on, 10–11

  publicity of, 22–23

  Townsend, Fran, 177

  Treasury Department, U.S., 32, 38, 45, 129, 159

  Al Qaeda money tracked by, 233–34, 235

  Turner, Stansfield, 52, 62, 68, 69, 77

  United Nations, 298

  General Assembly of, 205–6

  Security Council, 173–74

  United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 214

  unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 178

  Vanity Fair, 208

  Veil (Woodward), 81, 118–20

  Very Best Men, The (Thomas), 35

  Viacom, 230

  Vietnam, 49

  Vietnam War, 31, 36–37, 44

  walling, 184, 247

  wall standing, 185

  Wall Street Journal, 194

  Walsh, Lawrence, 115–16, 124, 133

  Ward, Terry, 147

  Warner, John (CIA general counsel), 40, 41, 48

  Warner, John (U.S. senator), 253, 254, 255, 274, 275, 276

  Warren Commission, 32

  Washington Post, 52, 80, 257, 272–73, 289

  waterboarding, 21, 193, 194, 198, 224, 233, 249

  of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 194–95, 196, 197–98, 209, 298

  legacy of, 299

  Pelosi’s knowledge of, 201

  Rizzo’s initial opposition to, 186

  of Zubaydah, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 185, 196, 197–98, 200, 209, 298

  Watergate scandal, 31, 60, 130

  weapons of mass destruction, 205–6, 213, 215

  Webster, William, 130–31, 132, 133, 134–35, 189, 239

  Weiner, Tim, 150–51

  Weston, Jack, 255

  Whitehouse, Sheldon, 255

  Wilmer-Hale, 235–36

  Wilson, Joe, 206, 208

  Woodward, Bob, 80, 81, 118–20

  Woolsey, R. James:

  Ames case and, 143

  made CIA director, 137–38

  World Health Organization, 259

  World Trade Center:

  1993 bombing of, 159, 160

  see also September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

  Wyden, Ron, 255, 264–65, 266, 267, 272

  Yemen, 177, 263

  Yoo, John, 189–91, 193, 211–12, 214, 264, 289

  Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 178, 182, 194

  Zelikow, Philip, 247

  Zero Dark Thirty (film), 299

  Zubaydah, Abu:

  in captivity, 181–83, 187, 189, 190–91, 193, 221, 222

  capture of, 3, 298

  interrogation of, 184–85, 193–94, 196, 197–98, 200, 209, 298; see also “torture tape” case

  All statements of fact, opinion, or analysis expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official positions or views of the CIA or any other U.S. government agency. Nothing in the contents should be construed as asserting or implying U.S. government authentication of information or Agency endorsement of the author’s views. The material has been reviewed by the CIA to prevent the disclosure of classified information.

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