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AP: Obama Team Debating Violating UN Convention On Torture
The other day, the AP reported : President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials familiar with drafts of the plans. ...
Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002
washingtonpost.com — In Meetings, Spy Panels' Chiefs Did Not Protest, Officials Say By Joby Warrick and Dan Eggen Washington... Post Staff Writers Sunday, December 9, 2007; A01 In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program ... (more) Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002
Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture - Glenn Greenwald
Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com — (updated below - Update II) It seems fairly easy -- even for those overtly hostile to the... basic rules of logic and law -- to see what conclusions are compelled by these clear premises: Associated Press, April 11, 2008 : Bush administration officials ... (more) Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who ...
The Associated Press: AP Top News at 3:33 p.m. EST
google.com — 42 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and... harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials ... (more) The Associated Press: AP Top News at 3:33 p.m. EST
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AP: Obama Team Debating Violating UN Convention On Torture
Crooks and Liars — Via Talk Left, this disconcerting news: President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials familiar with drafts of the plans. Still under debate is whether to allow exceptions in extraordinary cases. [...] Obama's changes may not be absolute. His advisers are considering adding a classified loophole to the rules that could allow the CIA to use some ...

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