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When you asked those two questions or were those the only questions you asked? >> no, senator, i explained that mr. rodriguez wanted to get resolution on this issue and that he was plan fning to have conversation with the director about it and he needed revalidation of those two points. >> you drafted the cable, is that correct? >> yes, at his request. >> is it common when a cable of this importance is drafted that it is cop ed to the various parts of the legal establishment within the cia and was that done in this case? was that cable copied to mr. rizzo or other lawyers within the agency? >>...

Yes or no? >> senator, i am following the guidelines that exist at cia, and there is another declassification authority called the iro -- >> do you have the authority to recuse yourself? >> i'll take that for the record. i may have the authority to recuse myself. i'm not a lawyer. i'm not sure about that. >> assuming you do, and i believe you do, will you agree to recuse yourself from the responsibility and the authority of making decisions about what cia information about you and your record will be classified or declassified? >> senator, if i had agreed with the proposals that have come up t...

Our moral authority as americans and as a country. so one question i have not heard you answer is do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that c.i.a. officers to whom you referred -- >> it's a yes or no answer. do you believe the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? i'm not asking do you believe they were legal. do you believe they were immoral? >> senator, i believe that c.i.a. does extraordinary work to prevent another attack on this country given the legal authority we were able to use. >> do you believe that those techniques ...

>> senator, i think i've answered the question. >> do you believe the previous techniques now armed with hindsight, do you believe they were immoral? yes or no? >> senator, i believe that we should hold ourselves to the moral standard outlined in the army field manual. >> so i understand that you have not answered the question but i'll move on. so i understand that you from previous answers are serving as the authority over whether or not c.i.a. information concerning you will be classified or not. given an obvious appearance of conflict, will you agree to recuse yourself from the responsibili...

And there is another declassification authority called the iro. i have not interfered with -- >> due believe you have the authority to recuse yourself? >> i'll take that for the record. i may have the authority to recuse myself. i'm not a lawyer. i'm not sure about that. >> assuming you do, and i believe you do, will you agree to recuse yourself from the responsibility and the authority of making decisions about what c.i.a. information about you and your record will be classified or declassified? >> senator, if i had agreed with the proposals that have come up because people thought it would b...