Congress and CIA in talks on video probe: aide (Reuters)

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Source: Reuters

Congress and CIA in talks on video probe: aide
Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:58pm EST

By Randall Mikkelsen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee
expects to begin reviewing this week CIA documents
regarding the destruction of videotapes depicting harsh
interrogation of terrorism suspects, a panel aide said on
Wednesday.

Just days after the U.S. Justice Department asked lawmakers
to delay their investigation of the tapes and drew protests
from members of both political parties, the pace of the
congressional probe picked up and the White House defended
its handling of the issue.

The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee was
working with the CIA to review the documents it requested
and was also in talks over the appearance on January 16 of
two top agency officials to answer questions about the tapes,
the committee aide said.

The officials are the former head of the CIA's clandestine
branch, Jose Rodriguez, who is reported to have ordered the
tapes' destruction, and John Rizzo, the agency's top lawyer,
the aide said.

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