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11-15-2006, 02:39 PM
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
CIA admits existence of interrogation directives
Bush signed one -- ACLU pushes for their public release
David Johnston, New York Times
The CIA has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents -- including a directive signed by President Bush -- that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terrorism suspects.
The CIA referred to the documents in a letter sent Friday from the agency's associate general counsel, John McPherson, to lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union.
The contents of the documents were not revealed, but one of them is "a directive signed by President Bush granting the CIA the authority to set up detention facilities outside the United States and outlining interrogation methods that may be used against detainees," the ACLU said, based on its review of published accounts.
The second document, according to the group, is a Justice Department legal analysis "specifying interrogation methods that the CIA may use against top al Qaeda members."
San Francisco Gate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/11/15/MNGB4MCT5Q1.DTL&type=politics)
"We do not torture," Mr Bush told reporters during a visit to Panama
CIA admits existence of interrogation directives
Bush signed one -- ACLU pushes for their public release
David Johnston, New York Times
The CIA has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents -- including a directive signed by President Bush -- that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terrorism suspects.
The CIA referred to the documents in a letter sent Friday from the agency's associate general counsel, John McPherson, to lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union.
The contents of the documents were not revealed, but one of them is "a directive signed by President Bush granting the CIA the authority to set up detention facilities outside the United States and outlining interrogation methods that may be used against detainees," the ACLU said, based on its review of published accounts.
The second document, according to the group, is a Justice Department legal analysis "specifying interrogation methods that the CIA may use against top al Qaeda members."
San Francisco Gate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/11/15/MNGB4MCT5Q1.DTL&type=politics)
"We do not torture," Mr Bush told reporters during a visit to Panama