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Letter from Attorney General John Ashcroft to Acting CIA Director John E. McLaughlin re: Confirmation that Contemplated Interrogation of Interrogation Techniques are Lawful

July 22, 2004 | DOJ | ACLU-RDI 4576

In a letter to Acting CIA Director McLaughlin, Attorney General Ashcroft confirms his advice that the use of certain interrogation techniques (other than waterboarding) in the interrogation of a particular detainee outside territory subject to ...

Released: Aug. 24, 2009
Type: Letter
Author: John D. Ashcroft
Recipient: John E. McLaughlin
Officials: John D. Ashcroft, John McLaughlin, John A. Rizzo, Jay S. Bybee
Methods: EIT, Use of water, Waterboarding

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Letter from Attorney General John Ashcroft to Acting CIA Director John E. McLaughlin re: Confirmation that Contemplated Interrogation of Interrogation Techniques are Lawful