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The politics of 'torture' heating up in Washington

 

Published 4/23/2009 by edhornick at CNN Political Ticker

Some congressional Democrats are calling for an investigation into controversial CIA interrogation techniques. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Who knew what, and when? Those questions, focused on recently released Bush-era CIA memos detailing "enhanced interrogations" of suspected al Qaeda members — are now being posed inside the Beltway, as calls for an independent investigation into torture allegations have become [...] (link)

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