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The Torture Memos Rationalizing the Unthinkable

David Cole

On April 16, 2009, the Justice Department released never-before-seen secret memos describing, in graphic detail, the brutal interrogation techniques used by the CIA under the Bush administration's "war on terror." Now, for the first time, the key documents are compiled in one remarkable volume, show...

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This memo, sometimes referred to as the 'torture memo,' was created by John Yoo and blessed the torture of Al Qaeda prisoners to extract information relevant to combating terrorism.

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So there was some controversy about a couple of things. One was a memo sometimes referred to as the torture memo by John Yoo that blessed the torture of Al Qaeda prisoners to extract information that...

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This memo, sometimes referred to as the 'torture memo,' was created by John Yoo and blessed the torture of Al Qaeda prisoners to extract information relevant to combating terrorism.

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So there was some controversy about a couple of things. One was a memo sometimes referred to as the torture memo by John Yoo that blessed the torture of Al Qaeda prisoners to extract information that might be useful in combating terrorism.

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