DOJ Office of Legal Counsel

Obama Releases CIA Torture Memos But Promises No Prosecutions for Torturers

2009-04-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Barack Obama authorizes the Department of Justice to release four previously classified memos from the Office of Legal Counsel written between 2002 and 2005 that authorized CIA torture techniques including waterboarding, stress positions, sleep deprivation, and confinement in coffin-sized …

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Cheney Establishes Legal Framework and Authorization for CIA Torture Program

2002-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Vice President Dick Cheney systematically orchestrated the creation and authorization of the CIA’s ’enhanced interrogation’ torture program through National Security Council Principals Committee meetings and legal manipulation. Working closely with legal counsel David Addington and …

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