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Feb. 24, 2009 | DOJ-OIG | ACLU-RDI 6172
The document includes notes from interviews conducted with FBI personnel Larry Thompson, regarding his knowledge of concerns about overseas detainee treatment, his advocacy for civilian control of Iraqi prisons, and discussions about the status ...
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Larry Thompson, John D. Ashcroft, Richard Lee Armitage, Paul Wolfowitz, Pasquale D'Amuro, Michael Chertoff, David E. Nahmias, Alice Fisher, Bruce Swartz, Robert S. Mueller
John Walker Lindh, Jose Padilla