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Published 4/27/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

Some congressional Democrats are calling for an investigation into CIA interrogation techniques. WASHINGTON (CNN) — An independent commission is needed to determine who authorized the use of abusive interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists, a leading advocate of such a panel said Sunday. "I want to know who was it who made the decisions that we will violate [...] (link)

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