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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 U.S. jurisdiction would not violate the Constitution, US statute, or international treaty obligations.
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- OLC Memo: Interrogation of al Qaeda Operative
- Vaughn Declaration of David J. Barron re: OLC Remand Documents, ACLU v. DOD, No. 1:04-CV-4151 (S.D.N.Y. September 21, 2009)
- Vaughn Declaration of Wendy M. Hilton re: OLC Remand Documents, ACLU v. DOD, No. 1:04-CV-4151 (S.D.N.Y. September 21, 2009)
- Vaughn Index of OLC Remand Documents, ACLU v. DOD, No. 1:04-CV-4151 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 21, 2009)