Keine Immunität, kein Zeugnis für CIA Beamten

Durch Scott Shane    Washington - Jose A. Rodriguez jr., der ehemalige CIA-Beamte, der die Zerstörung der Befragung videotapes 2005, wird nicht angefordert, um am Mittwoch an einer geschlossenen Kongreßhörfähigkeit auf der Angelegenheit zu erscheinen bestellte, aber kann angerufen werden, um später zu bezeugen, ein Beamter, der auf der gesagten Anfrage Montag unterwiesen wird.

    Herr. Rodriguez, der den heimlichen Service der Agentur 2005 und vor kurzem zurückgezogen führte, hat Immunität verlangt, bevor er ist, vor dem Haus-Intelligenz-Ausschuß zu bezeugen. The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into the destruction of the videotapes, which recorded harsh interrogations of two suspected Qaeda figures.

    The committee has made no decision on a possible grant of immunity, so it postponed Mr. Rodriguez’s appearance. He remains under subpoena, however, and the committee may call him later.

    The only C.I.A. witness currently scheduled to appear Wednesday at the closed hearing is John A. Rizzo, the agency’s acting general counsel, who held that job when the tapes were destroyed.

    Committee members want to ask Mr. Rizzo what guidance lawyers inside and outside the agency gave on the possible destruction of the tapes. They also want to question him about why the House and Senate Intelligence Committees were not officially informed of the destruction when it happened, and whether agency officials deliberately concealed the existence of the tapes from the Sept. 11 Commission, as the commission’s leaders have said.

    Mr. Rodriguez has told colleagues he consulted two agency lawyers, who told him that he had the authority to destroy the tapes and that it would not be illegal.

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