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Article: ACLU Obtains Key Memos Authorizing CIA Torture Methods
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 24, 2008
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The American Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release:
The American Civil Liberties Union today obtained three redacted documents related to the Bush administration's brutal interrogation policies, including a previously withheld Justice Department memo authorizing the CIA's use of torture. The government was ordered to turn over the documents in response to an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought in 2004 by the ACLU and other organizations seeking records on the treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody overseas.
"These documents supply further evidence, if any were needed, that the Justice Department authorized the CIA to torture prisoners in its custody," ...
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