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Bush Policy Authors Defend Their Actions; House Panel Hearing Veers From Key Issue of Detainee Mistreatment
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The Washington Post
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June 27, 2008
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Two key architects of the Bush administration's controversial
interrogation policies defended their legal positions yesterday,
sparring with House Democrats over whether discredited Justice
Department opinions led to mistreatment of military and CIA
detainees.
The testimony from David S. Addington, chief of staff to Vice
President Cheney, and John C. Yoo, a former senior Justice
Department lawyer, was light on new details but heavy on rhetorical
disputes with members of a House Judiciary subcommittee. Both
witnesses avoided direct answers to a host of questions about their
roles in preparing the legal ground for harsh interrogation tactics
while arguing that such methods had been crucial in ...
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