News. Senator rockefeller and the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee at the time agreed to hold a hearing, not hold a hearing but agree to an investigation and they immediately asked her if she would testify. She said she would which made her witness before a committee. They couldnt prosecute her without obstructing investigation of congress. I have never had a source get arrested or prosecuted and i want to keep it that way. Jim lee told cspan 8 15 and we have so many questions out here. I dont want to keep people here if they dont want to be here so if you want to leave. I am happy to keep asking them. Thank you so much, jim. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] by the way i think they are selling books out there and they have asked me to notify you that my books are for sale. Its a capitalist society here. [inaudible conversations] now after words features john rizzo and company man thirty years of con
After words with guest hosts dana priest intelligence reporter for the washington post. This week week john rizzo in this book company man thirty years of controversy and crisis in the cia. The man who represented the cia and the irancontra scandal and participated in approving the rules for waterboarding presents an inside look at the agencys evolution from an organization in the shadows to unfrequently epicenter of what occult controversy. This program is about an hour. Host john its good to be here with you. Guest its nice to see you again dana. Host i wanted to start in the beginning which is probably the easiest way to go. Can you just tell me why you decided to join the cia . Guest well it was 1975. I had been out of law school for three years. I had a good job, a good entrylevel job at the Treasury Department as a lawyer and the customs service. As i say it was a good job but you know i found the atmosphere, the bureaucracy at the treasury stultifying. In retrospect i was young