One of the most notable aspects of the recently released Bush-era legal memos on interrogation has been their level of precision: Wat … more…
The Obama administration has promised to back CIA employees who interrogated suspected terrorists within the limits set by Justice De … more…
Last week, we noted that while the administration promised not to prosecute CIA interrogators who acted within the legal limits laid … more…
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Former CIA Director Michael V. Hayden was fond of saying that when it came to handling high-value ter … more…
This afternoon the Obama administration released lightly redacted versions of four previously classified legal opinions from the Bush … more…
Nine legal memos on contentious Bush-era anti-terror policies were made public for the first time Monday, and Justice Department offi … more…
On his first day in office, President Obama ordered the government to ignore any legal opinion produced by the Bush Justice Departmen … more…
The Justice Department released nine long-secret legal memos from the early days of the Bush administration’s "war on terror" today, … more…
Uncertainty over how or whether the Obama administration will differ from its predecessor on counterterrorism matters continued yeste … more…
The Obama administration's torture ban could blow the cover on another trove of secret memos describing the Bush administration's vie … more…
Yesterday, we posted the first comprehensive list of the Bush administration's still-secret legal memos on torture, detention and war … more…
The Bush administration’s "war on terror" -- including its controversial policies on detentions, interrogations and warrantless wir … more…
See our interactive chart of the Bush administration's still secret memos.
Last week, President Barack Obama formally repudiated ce … more…
Today the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel released a handful of legal opinions, dating from as far back as November 2001 … more…
April 24, 2009
In Obama’s Inner Circle, Debate Over Memo Release R. Jeffrey Smith, Michael D. Shear and Walter Pincus, Washington Post, April 24, 2009