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Revelation of Secret of CIA’s inhuman Interrogation creates stir MIL/IR/NYT, Oct 5, 2007. Washington: October 5, 2007 - The revelation of secret of the Justice Department on interrogation on Thursday flared an acidic round of debate over the treatment of terrorism suspects in American custody and whether the Congress was in knowledge of all these techniques of interrogation? Democrats on Capitol Hill demanded that they would like to see the classified memorandums which were disclosed on Thursday by The New York Times that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was empowered to adopt harsh interrogation techniques. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote to the acting attorney general, Peter D. Keisler, asking for copies of all opinions on interrogation since 2004. “I find it unfathomable that the committee tasked with oversight of the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation program would be provided more information by The New York Times than by the Department of Justice,” Mr. Rockefeller wrote. The ranking Republican on the panel, Senator Christopher S. Bond of Missouri, said onThursday night in a statement that the committee had been briefed on the administration’s “legal justifications” for interrogation. Mr. Bond said he understood that the administration did not want to turn over the opinions themselves because they had confidential legal advice. However, Administration officials have confirmed the Interrogation techniques, how harsh they are, Dana Perino, the White House Press Secretary said that she was not allowed to discuss the modes of action of CIA. Nevertheless, she admitted that she could tell “What I could say any procedures that they use are tough, safe, necessary and lawful.” (IR Summary). One 2005 opinion gave the Justice Department’s most authoritative legal approval to the harshest agency techniques, including head slapping, exposure to cold and simulated drowning, even when used in combination. The second opinion declared that under some circumstances, such techniques were not “cruel, inhuman or degrading,” a category of treatment that Congress banned in December 2005. Administration officials said Thursday that there was no contradiction between the still-secret rulings and an opinion made public by the Justice Department in December 2004 that declared torture “abhorrent” and appeared to retreat from the administration’s earlier assertion of broad presidential authority to conduct harsh interrogations. Democrats on Capitol Hill demanded to see the classified memorandums, disclosed Thursday by The New York Times, that gave the Central Intelligence Agency expansive approval in 2005 for harsh interrogation techniques. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote to the acting attorney general, Peter D. Keisler, asking for copies of all opinions on interrogation since 2004. “I find it unfathomable that the committee tasked with oversight of the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation program would be provided more information by The New York Times than by the Department of Justice,” Mr. Rockefeller wrote. The ranking Republican on the panel, Senator Christopher S. Bond of Missouri, said Thursday night in a statement that the committee had been briefed on the administration’s “legal justifications” for interrogation. Mr. Bond said he understood that the administration did not want to turn over the opinions themselves because they had confidential legal advice. Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/washington/05interrogate.html?th&emc=th
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