CIA's Rodriguez: I know torture worked because I destroyed the tapes

[kpete]

Jose Rodriguez, head of the CIA's Clandestine Service at the time, took to the Washington Post op-ed page to declare:

I ran the CIA interrogation program. No matter what the Senate report says, I know it worked.

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Earlier this year, the CIA's top lawyer at the time John Rizzo revealed Rodriguez acted without legal blessing:

Rizzo even writes that he tried to stop the destruction of the tapes when he was told the decision was being teed up in 2005. He writes that Rodriguez sent the cable authorizing the destruction of the tapes without copying him or any other lawyers at the agency. "No names of CIA lawyers were on the coordination line of the cable Jose signed authorizing the tapes' destruction. Case closed. My guys never saw it before it went out," Rizzo wrote.

MORE:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-ran-the-cia-interrogation-program-no-matter-what-the-senate-report-says-i-know-it-worked/2014/04/04/69dd4fae-bc23-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/06/1290089/-CIA-s-Rodriguez-I-know-torture-worked-because-I-destroyed-the-tapes
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/14/ex-cia-top-lawyer-release-the-black-site-report.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. Conversely, we'll never be able to prove otherwise...because

the dickbag destroyed the tapes.

[IDemo]

2. The burden of proof is with dickbag, not us

Looks like he screwed up.

[Aerows]

6. He's a dickbag.

At least 90%+ Americans get that he's a sick dickbag asshole that should be exiled to somewhere there is no life form to suffer his presence while he expends his twisted, wasted life.

[dballance]

8. A couple of things

First, one is still (most often - if you're not a designated "terrorist&quot innocent until proven guilty. Especially if one is/was part of the machine.

Second, seems like there is an incriminating cable out there that can pin the guilt on him. Good!

[Aerows]

3. The most despicable

assclown on the planet defends himself, in typical assclown fashion.

"Who, me? Yeah, I was an assclown, and I did it because I could. I only know how to do things that assclowns, people with low IQs know to accomplish jack shit and still pretend to be the tough assclowns they pride themselves on being!"

[lastlib]

5. on a par with Oliver North.

damn shitty company to be in.........

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[Aerows]

7. Those two should share a cell

and plot how to take over the world while eating pea soup and day old bread for the rest of their lives.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Somehow I doubt this was accidental

go ahead, call me a cynic... I will even own to it