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Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations

Date: October 4, 2007

Authors: Scott Shane, David Johnston and James Risen

QUOTE: But soon after Alberto R. Gonzales’s arrival as attorney general in February 2005, the Justice Department issued another opinion, this one in secret. It was a very different document, according to officials briefed on it, an expansive endorsement of the harshest interrogation techniques ever used by the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Key People:

• Steven "Steve" G. Bradbury Esq.
• Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
• Sen. Richard "Dick" J. Durbin
• Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Esq.
• Alberto R. Gonzales Esq.
• Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia
• Prof. Douglas W. Kmiec Esq.
• Prof. John C. Yoo Esq.
• Sen. John McCain

Key Organizations:

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Federalist Society, The (for Law and Public Policy Studies)
• Human Rights First
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (CICR)
• Justice Department/Department of Justice (DOJ)
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• National Security Council (NSC)
• New York Times Company
• Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
• US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Human Rights
      • Torture
    • International Relations/Diplomacy
      • War/Military
        • Terrorism (conceptual)
          • Societal Reactions
    • Separation Powers / Checks and Balances

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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