Ninguna inmunidad, ningún testimonio para el funcionario de la Cia

Por Scott Shane    Washington - Jose A. El Jr. de Rodriguez, el funcionario anterior de la agencia de inteligencia central que pidió la destrucción de la interrogación graba en 2005, no será requerido para aparecer el miércoles en una audiencia del congreso cerrada en la materia pero puede ser llamado para atestiguar más adelante, un funcionario resumido en la investigación dicha lunes.

    Sr. Rodriguez, que condujo el servicio clandestino de la agencia en 2005 y jubilado recientemente, ha exigido inmunidad antes de que él acuerde atestiguar ante el comité de la inteligencia de la casa. 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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