Justice Department Releases Bush Administration Torture Memos
Bradbury And Bybee Memos Are Released In Response To Long-Running ACLU Lawsuits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- April 16, 2009
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NEW YORK - In response to litigation filed by the American Civil Liberties Union under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Justice Department today released four secret memos used by the Bush administration to justify torture.
The memos, produced by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), provided the legal framework for the CIA's use of waterboarding and other illegal interrogation methods that violate domestic and international law.
The ACLU has called for the Justice Department to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate torture under the Bush administration... .
The memos are available as PDF files.
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