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Retired Officers Meet With Obama Team to Urge End to Abusive Interrogations

 

Published 12/4/2008 by Peter Finn at Wash Post Federal Page

A group of retired military officers opposed to harsh interrogation techniques sanctioned by the Bush administration met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team yesterday to press the incoming administration to establish a single, internationally accepted standard for the t... (link)

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