Aucune immunité, aucun témoignage pour le fonctionnaire de CIA

Par Scott Shane    Washington - Jose A. Le Jr. de Rodriguez, l'ancien fonctionnaire d'agence d'intelligence centrale qui a commandé la destruction de l'interrogation enregistre en vidéo en 2005, ne sera pas prié d'apparaître mercredi à une audition congressionnelle fermée sur la matière mais peut s'appeler pour témoigner plus tard, un fonctionnaire donné des instructions sur l'enquête dite lundi.

    M. Rodriguez, qui a mené le service clandestin de l'agence en 2005 et récemment retiré, a exigé l'immunité avant qu'il accepte de témoigner devant le Comité d'intelligence de Chambre. 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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