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Article: Pentagon drops bid to keep interrogation techniques secret
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- June 14, 2006
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LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-14-2006
Dateline: WASHINGTON
In the face of growing criticism over the treatment of detainees, Pentagon officials have decided to make public all of the military's interrogation techniques.
The decision, which comes after months of internal debate and pressure from members of Congress, would reveal interrogation tactics in a long-awaited revision of the Army Field Manual, despite arguments that it could allow enemy prisoners to better resist questioning.
Defense officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision is not public yet, said Tuesday that the Pentagon had dropped plans to keep some interrogation techniques ...