Reyes gave him an award in El Paso, praising him, and calling McConnell his new friend .....
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FROM: Who is Jose A. Rodriguez? CIA Operative has Lawyered Up = Torture Evidence Destroyed.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2469227REYES: Rodriguez is Jack Bauer "the exploits of Jose Rodriguez are documented in the series “24.”
Jose Rodriguez is Jack Bauer
Dec 09, 2007 -
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2007/12/jose-rodriguez.htmlThe Chair of the House Intelligence Committee favorably compared the former head of the National Clandestine Service to the fictional torturer Jack Bauer at a CIA awards ceremony last August. ... Rep. Sylvestre Reyes (D-TX) gave Jose Rodriguez, Jr. a flag and called him an American hero.
.... On Tuesday, 16 August 2007, during the 4th annual "Border Security Conference" in El Paso, Texas, Congressman Silvestre Reyes ....
CHAIRMAN REYES: Thank you very much, General. Before I bring up to the podium a very special guest who is going to wrap up our conference – and I consider him a personal friend, although we’ve been working together a very short six months, but I feel like I’ve really got an opportunity to know, Director Mike McConnell – I thought it would be appropriate to honor an individual. And when we honor this individual, we normally don’t get an opportunity to thank the people that worked so hard on behalf of our national security. By the very nature of their job, they have to stay in the shadows; no one ever knows who they are and nobody ever gets an opportunity to thank them.
We have an individual here that Mike Delaney tells me was the impetus to – I hope all of you are familiar with the TV series “24.” This gentleman that I’m about to thank was really the genesis – with a few liberties that Hollywood takes – the exploits of Jose Rodriguez are documented in the series “24.” .... I consider him an American hero .....