Anthony Abbot Lapham, 70, a former general counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency and a dedicated environmentalist, died of a heart attack Nov. 11 while trout fishing with his son on the Cane ...

In some ways, being general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency is a lot like any other top in-house legal job. There’s the usual mundane stuff: employment issues, real estate ...

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Rizzo testified about his nomination as general counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency. Among the topics he addressed were counter-terrorism policy, the retention and distribution of ...

“He doesn’t have a political bone in his body,” said John Rizzo, former acting CIA general counsel. “If he made this referral, it’s because he felt it was the right and necessary thing ...

Global hotel giant Hilton Worldwide Holdings has booked the lawyer equivalent of a four-star general—hiring outgoing Department of Defense General Counsel Caroline Krass as executive vice ...

Jeffrey Smith, a former CIA general counsel, tells Linda Wertheimer about challenges ahead. If confirmed, General Hayden will face some stiff challenges at the Central Intelligence Agency.

Wow. Twelve years. The time has flown by. Seems like just yesterday that the Justice Department sent over its torture memos to then-CIA General Counsel John Rizzo, ramping up a CIA torture program ...

Rockefeller said that CIA General Counsel John Rizzo and General Counsel John Helgerson will testify in the next week. "They will be here very shortly," Rockefeller said, calling next week "the ...

11, 2001, attacks. President George Bush nominated the 32-year CIA veteran to be the agency's general legal counsel in March 2006, and confirmation hearings finally started in open session on ...

I was, I was. My time cumulatively as acting general counsel was the second longest in CIA history for any general counsel. And it’s true, I was denied the nomination being confirmed as the CIA ...