Torture Memos vs. Red Cross Report: Prisoners Describe Harsher Treatment Than in Guidelines
One of the most notable aspects of the recently released Bush-era legal memos on interrogation has been their level of precision: Wat … more…
Did Interrogators Cross Legal Line? Secret Sections of CIA IG Report May Hold Clues
The Obama administration has promised to back CIA employees who interrogated suspected terrorists within the limits set by Justice De … more…
Obama Confirms Door Is Open for Prosecution of Authors of Torture Memos
Last week, we noted that while the administration promised not to prosecute CIA interrogators who acted within the legal limits laid … more…
Bush Memos Suggest Abuse Isn’t Torture If a Doctor Is There
This post has been updated.
Former CIA Director Michael V. Hayden was fond of saying that when it came to handling high-value ter … more…
Obama Promises to Defend Interrogators, But No Promise on the Bush Lawyers Who Signed Off
This afternoon the Obama administration released lightly redacted versions of four previously classified legal opinions from the Bush … more…
After Memos Release, Push for Torture Commission Grows
Nine legal memos on contentious Bush-era anti-terror policies were made public for the first time Monday, and Justice Department offi … more…
Bush Admin Quietly Rejected Own ‘Highly Questionable’ Counterterrorism Stances
On his first day in office, President Obama ordered the government to ignore any legal opinion produced by the Bush Justice Departmen … more…
Obama Releases (Some) Secret Bush Detainee Memos
The Justice Department released nine long-secret legal memos from the early days of the Bush administration’s "war on terror" today, … more…
How Long Will Secret Bush Counterterrorism Memos Stay Secret?
Uncertainty over how or whether the Obama administration will differ from its predecessor on counterterrorism matters continued yeste … more…
The Hunt for the Missing, ‘Missing Memos’
The Obama administration's torture ban could blow the cover on another trove of secret memos describing the Bush administration's vie … more…
Missing Memos: Take A Look Yourself
Yesterday, we posted the first comprehensive list of the Bush administration's still-secret legal memos on torture, detention and war … more…
The Missing Memos
The Bush administration’s "war on terror" -- including its controversial policies on detentions, interrogations and warrantless wir … more…
The Men Behind the Memos
Bush’s Secret Counterterrorism Law Book—and the Demands to Release It
See our interactive chart of the Bush administration's still secret memos.
Last week, President Barack Obama formally repudiated ce … more…
Bush Admin Still Withholding Key ‘War on Terror’ Memos
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
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