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
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Over to the house of representatives where the times reports the Intel Committee is looking into whether, lawyers tied to President Trump and his family helped obstruct the panels inquiry into Russian Election interference by shaping false testimony. Times says this goes back to Michael Cohens testimony in february that the lawyers helped edit false testimony about trump tower moscow that cohen Gave Congress back in 2017. On page 5 of your statement, you say, and i quote, you need to know that mr. Trumps personal lawyers reviewed and edited my statement to congress about the timing of the moscow tower negotiations. Who were those attorneys . Jay sekulow from the white house . Yes. Jay sekulow, i believe abbe lowell as well. And back now to the president who today praised his attorney general william barr for opening an inquiry into how the russia investigation started. Mr. President no, i didnt ask him to do that. I didnt know it. I didnt know it, but i think its a great thing that he
And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 845, this was, of the Trump Administration. And we have news tonight in the faceoff between the white house and congress. New york times on the board with two big stories this evening. First, donald trump jr. Will testify before the Senate Intelligence committee and then the House Intel Committee is now investigating lawyers tied to the president for possible obstruction. The times reports this agreement between trump jr. And the senators came after the president s son canceled interviews with the committee not once, but twice. That earned him a subpoena from the republican chairman, richard burr of North Carolina. They apparently want to talk to don junior about trump tower moscow among other things. Times says the deal his lawyers cut with the committee calls for him to testify in midjune with the questions limited to about a half dozen topics and the time limit of no longer than two to four hours. Big w
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