How a Health Benefits Law Was Used to Write the Torture Memo
pubrecord.org — John Yoo, the author of one of the infamous Aug. 1, 2002, "torture" memos that formed the legal basis for so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques against high-level terrorist detainees, used a statute governing health benefits when he provided the White House with a legal opinion defining torture. (Submitted by jleopold) More...
Coming Soon: Declassified Bush-Era Torture Memos
newsweek.com — Over objections from the U.S. intelligence community, the White House is moving to declassify—and publicly release—three internal memos that will lay out, for the first time, details of the "enhanced" interrogation techniques approved by the Bush administration for use against "high value" Qaeda detainees. (Submitted by Renegade98) More...
FBI Agent: Abu Zubaydah gave up KSM w/o torture - and more
dailykos.com — FOR seven years I have remained silent about the false claims magnifying the effectiveness of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. I have spoken only in closed government hearings, as these matters were classified. But the release last week of four Justice Department memos on interrogations allows me to shed light... (Submitted by Vyan1) More...
BREAKING: Secret White House Memos Endorsed Waterboarding
washingtonpost.com — The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency's use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects. The memos were the first -- and, for years, the only -- tangible expressions of the administration's consent to torture. (Submitted by d2002) More...
Torture Memos Are Not Just Sick, They're Also Full of Lies
pubrecord.org — An initial cursory look at the August 1, 2002 torture memo on the "Interrogation of Al Qaeda Operative" shows that the memos were written in bad faith, were meant to deceive, and utilized a memorandum by Jerald Ogrisseg that explicitly warned against using at least some of the techniques (waterboarding) that were approved by the Justice Department. (Submitted by jleopold) More...
Torture Memo Details Torture By Insect, Forced Confinement,
theplumline.whorunsgov.com — The just-released torture memos detail techniques deemed by the Bush administration to be legal for use against terror suspects. If you dig into them, you’ll find some truly horrific details that graphically illustrate what we’re really talking about when we use euphemistic terms like “enhanced interrogation” or “techniques critics liken to torture (Submitted by jkillsl) More...
Bush administration interrogation memos: the techniques
telegraph.co.uk — Near torture. Four newly released memos issued by the US Justice Department during the Bush administration between 2002 and 2005 spelt out methods that could be used by interrogators on terrorism suspects. (Submitted by petrbuben) More...
CIA Interrogation Tapes Predated Torture Memo
pubrecord.org — The CIA began videotaping interrogations of two alleged “high value” terrorist detainees in April 2002, four months before Bush administration attorneys issued a memo clearing the way for CIA interrogators to use “enhanced interrogation techniques,” the Justice Department disclosed in court documents. (Submitted by jleopold) More...
Health Benefits Law Formed the Basis For the "Torture Memo"
pubrecord.org — By Jason Leopold - John Yoo, the author of one of the infamous Aug. 1, 2002, “torture” memos that formed the legal basis for so-called “enhanced” interrogation techniques against high-level terrorist detainees, used a statute governing health benefits when he provided the White House with a legal opinion defining torture. (Submitted by uncajoe) More...
Democrats race to hearings on interrogation memos
apnews.myway.com — So far, however, the biggest embarrassment has engulfed a Democrat, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. As Pelosi keeps trying to clarify when she initially learned of the interrogation techniques, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee scheduled a hearing Wednesday that was billed as the "first public hearing on torture memos since their release." (Submitted by inactive) More...
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