Friday, April 24, 2009

Torture Memos released

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/17/memos?gclid=CPH7oKWhipoCFQdN5QodNCmpFA

The Obama administration has released four memos from the Bush-era Justice Department that approved and provided the legal basis for the CIA’s use of torture. While President Obama has said he will not pursue prosecutions of CIA employees, he did not explicitly address the question of prosecuting the former Justice Department lawyers who authored the memos. The memos’ release comes as a Spanish court is considering bringing indictments against six Bush-era lawyers.
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