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Admin Withdraws Nomination for Top CIA Legal Post

HeadlineSep 26, 2007

The Bush administration has withdrawn its nomination of John Rizzo to become the top lawyer at the CIA. The move comes after Democrats raised concerns over Rizzo’s stance on the torture of prisoners. Rizzo told a Senate hearing in June he supported the infamous 2002 Justice Department memo that said torture would not occur unless a prisoner experiences pain serious enough to cause organ failure or death.

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