What is John A. Rizzo?
{{Infobox person | name = John A. Rizzo | image = John A. Rizzo.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|10|6}}<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|8|6|1947|10|6}}<!-- {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Heart attack]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/john-rizzo-dead.html | title=John Rizzo, C.I.A. Lawyer Who Sanctioned Waterboarding, Dies at 73 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=12 August 2021 | last1=Roberts | first1=Sam }}</ref> | other_names = | known_for = Former Acting General Counsel of the CIA | occupation = Lawyer | education = [[Brown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[George Washington University Law School|George Washington University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''John A. Rizzo''' (October 6, 1947 – August 6, 2021)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rizzo|first1=John|title=Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA|date=2014|publisher=Scribner|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4516-7393-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/companymanthirty0000rizz/page/32 32]|url=https://archive.org/details/companymanthirty0000rizz/page/32}}</ref> was an American lawyer. He worked as a lawyer in the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] for 34 years. He was the Deputy Counsel or Acting General Counsel of the CIA for the first nine years of the [[War on Terror]].<ref name=nyt20June2007>{{cite news |title=Nominee for C.I.A. Counsel Offers Few Details in His Senate Confirmation Hearing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/washington/20intel.html |author=Mazzetti, Mark |authorlink=Mark Mazzetti |date=June 20, 2007 |accessdate=October 6, 2011 |newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> H