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OLC Memo: Memorandum for John Rizzo, Acting General Counsel of the CIA re: Interrogation of al Qaeda Operative

Aug. 1, 2002 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 6542
This August 1, 2002 OLC memo from Jay Bybee to John Rizzo discusses whether certain proposed conduct in the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah would violate the prohibition against torture found at Section 2340A of title 18 of the U.S. Code. The memo finds that the proposed conduct would not violate this prohibition.