Company Man Part II with John Rizzo

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode: Redacted CIA cables on the existence and destruction of the tapes https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/cia_release20100415_p10-18.pdf CIA acknowledged destruction of tapes in court filing https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/letter-judge-hellerstein-acknowledging-destroyed-cia-interrogation-tapes?redirect=cpredirect/38869 Justice Department closed criminal investigation into Jose Rodriguez https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-statement-investigation-destruction-videotapes-cia-personnel Redacted 2004 CIA Inspector General report on Detention and Interrogation https://fas.org/irp/cia/product/ig-interrog.pdf John Rizzo’s confirmation hearing video https://www.c-span.org/video/?199218-1/cia-general-counsel-nomination Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing video. Listeners should note that the hearing references Mr. Rizzo's memoir and Ms. Haspel disputes some details of his account. https://www.c-span.org/video/?444988-1/gina-haspel-pledges-restart-cia-interrogation-program John Rizzo is senior counsel at Steptoe & Johnson https://www.steptoe.com/en/lawyers/john-rizzo.html His book is “Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA” https://www.amazon.com/Company-Man-Thirty-Controversy-Crisis/dp/1451673930