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OLC Memo: Application of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A to the Combined Use of Certain Techniques That May Be Used in the Interrogation of High Value al Qaeda Detainees

May 10, 2005 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 4986
TYPE: Legal Memo
AUTHOR: Steven G. Bradbury
RECIPIENT: John A. Rizzo
RELEASE DATE: Apr. 16, 2009 | OLC
SOURCE: ACLU FOIA Request (Oct. 7, 2003)

An OLC memo addressing whether the combined use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" (including waterboarding) violates the prohibition on torture.  The memo concludes that it would not.

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