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
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