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SEN. BIDEN: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MEMOS POINT TO ENDORSEMENT OF TORTURE
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July 25, 2008
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The office of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., issued the following news release:
The Department of Justice has released heavily redacted versions of three additional documents regarding the "enhanced interrogation techniques," including waterboarding, used by the Central Intelligence Agency on detainees within its custody. These memos are in addition to other Department of Justice memos made public in June 2004 which stated that U.S. law prohibits only conduct that causes "serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death."
"It is a dark day for the United States government when the Department of Justice-charged with the duty of protecting and ...
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