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After watching the attacks on television, like much of the nation, he scribbled down three words on his legal pad: “Capture, detain and interrogate.” Less than a week later, the notes on...
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Jan 7, 2014 · John Rizzo, acting general counsel of the CIA in the years after Sept. 11, 2001, has written a memoir about his three decades at the agency. He talks with NPR's Renee Montagne about Company Man...
Dec 10, 2014 · John Rizzo, who spent six years as acting general counsel for the CIA, says that while he believes intelligence gains justified the agency's interrogations, he understands those who feel...
John Rizzo, who gave legal advice about proxy wars, drone strikes and the torture of suspected terrorists, has died aged 73. Rizzo spent nearly his entire career at the CIA, where he...
Sep 3, 2014 · Sitting at his desk with a yellow legal pad, he began writing down a legal framework for the agency’s role in capturing, detaining, and interrogating suspected terrorists. To what lengths could the CIA go, he wondered, without breaking the law?
Aug 20, 2014 · In an interview, former top CIA lawyer John Rizzo says the US' waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation methods" for terror suspects had "deep trouble" written all over them. But he...
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Aug 16, 2021 · John Rizzo helped shape intelligence law for close to half a century. He did it with humor, savvy, and an unbending commitment to protecting his agency at its best. His death reminds us that he was a “Company Man” in the finest sense of the term.