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Author of 'torture memos' says CIA exceeded limits in interrogations

Author of 'torture memos' says CIA exceeded limits in interrogations

Jay Bybee, who drafted the controversial legal memoranda with lawyer John Yoo, tells a House committee that repeated waterboarding and other techniques were not approved by the Justice Department.

The former Justice Department official who co-wrote the so-called torture memos testified that the department did not sanction some of the harsh methods the CIA used against detainees during the George W.

 

Cheney: Politics driving CIA interrogation probe

Cheney: Politics driving CIA interrogation probe

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says politics are driving the Justice Department's decision to investigate whether CIA interrogators abused terror suspects detained after the Sept. 11 attacks.

 

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