Ex-CIA Lawyer John Rizzo Calls Dianne Feinstein’s Spying Charges ‘Purely Political’

Ex-CIA Lawyer Calls Sen. Feinstein’s Spy Charges ‘Purely Political’ (CNS News)

The former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) lawyer who signed off on the agency’s now defunct rendition, detention and enhanced interrogation techniques (EIT) program in 2002 characterized recent allegations by Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that the CIA was spying on congressional staff investigating it as "purely political."

“I think it’s purely political,” John Rizzo, the CIA’s former acting general counsel, told CNSNews.com.

“I mean, keep in mind that the real ball is this Senate report, this 6,200-page report that the committee staff worked on for what, four years. And it was an effort that was done strictly by the Democrats on the Intelligence Committee. No Republican members or staff participated. So I mean, at bottom, this whole thing is not a non-partisan or bi-partisan kind of thing. It’s strictly an exercise by Democrats.”

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