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Article: New torture questions; Inquiry disclosed of Justice Department attorneys who OK'd waterboarding.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2008
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Byline: DAN EGGEN - Washington Post
WASHINGTON - An internal watchdog office at the Justice Department is investigating whether Bush administration attorneys violated professional standards by issuing legal opinions that authorized the CIA to use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, officials disclosed Friday.
H. Marshall Jarrett, counsel for the Office of Professional Responsibility, wrote in a letter to Democratic lawmakers that his office is investigating the circumstances surrounding Justice documents that established a legal basis for the CIA's interrogation program, including a now-infamous memo from August 2002 that narrowly ...