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German and French researchers whose work has been cited by the CIA and the Justice Department to help justify the legality of harsh interrogation techniques, including prolonged sleep deprivation, condemned the Bush Administration on Tuesday for misusing their scientific findings...
...wake of the release of the CIA torture memos, the Obama Administration already has its hands full with critics on the left who want senior Bush Administration officials prosecuted for the use of harsh interrogation techniques like water boarding. But thanks to former Vice President Dick Cheney, it has to deal with a different line of attack from the right. The growing chorus claims the Administration selectively chose which CIA memos to declassify, deliberately holding back documents that show "the success of the effort...specifically what we gained as a result of this activity," as Cheney...
...Even one of the memos itself acknowledges the disagreement within the intelligence community about the effectiveness of the harsh methods. A footnote in the May 30, 2005 memo by Steven Bradbury, then acting head of the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel, states that, "According to the [CIA] IG Report, the CIA, at least initially, could not always distinguish detainees who had information but were successfully resisting interrogation from those who did not actually have information ... On at least one occasion, this may have resulted in what might be deemed in retrospect to have been the unnecessary use of enhanced...
...eight years in the political wilderness, civil libertarians didn't have to wait long for President Barack Obama to make them feel at home again. Within just one full day in office, the new President issued a blistering array of orders reversing the policies of George W. Bush - on harsh interrogation techniques, on access to government information and on Guantánamo, which he announced he would close. "A giant step forward," hailed Anthony Romero, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU...
...meantime, the White House's public comments on these issues have remained noticeably vague. Last week, before announcing the release of once classified interrogation-technique memos and reaffirming his opposition to prosecuting CIA agents for any harsh methods, Obama issued a statement saying he was determined to "protect information that is classified for purposes of national security." During an appearance at the CIA on Monday, Obama declared, "I have fought to protect the integrity of classified information in the past and I will do so in the future...