House Panel Delays Rodriguez TestimonyThe House intelligence committee had a choice: Hear what the CIA official who actually ordered the destruction of the torture tapes has to say — inevitably compromising the ongoing criminal investigation? Or kick the can down the road.
The House intelligence committee will deal with this later:
Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., the former Central Intelligence Agency official who ordered the destruction of interrogation videotapes in 2005, will not be required to appear on Wednesday at a closed Congressional hearing on the matter but may be called to testify later, an official briefed on the inquiry said Monday.
The House’s probe goes on, though, even without its star witness. The CIA’s general counsel John Rizzo will testify tomorrow, the Times reports.
