This is a heavily redacted version of an OLC memo later released in less-redacted form (at ACLU-RDI 4548). This unredacted portions of this version of the memo from the OLC to the CIA discuss the anti-torture statute 18 U.S.C. 2340, ...
An OLC memo from Daniel Levin (Acting Assistant Attorney General) to John Ashcroft (Attorney General) and James Comey (Deputy Attorney General), updating them on the status of interrogation advice. The letter contains sections for general ...
Legal Memo
Daniel B. Levin
John D. Ashcroft | James B. Comey
Daniel B. Levin, John D. Ashcroft, James B. Comey, Jay S. Bybee, Alberto R. Gonzales, John A. Rizzo, John McLaughlin, William J. Haynes, II, John C. Yoo, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Jack L. Goldsmith, Scott W. Muller
EIT, Use of water, Waterboarding, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Attention grasp, Facial hold, Walling, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation
An OLC memo concluding that “the military has the legal authority to detain [Jose Padilla] as a prisoner captured during an international armed conflict,” and that the Posse Comitatus Act poses no bar.
This memorandum addresses the detention and correction facilities, policies, and procedures carried out by the United States Military in Iraq.. Assessments for this memorandum were conducted from Oct. 13, 2003-Nov. 6, 2003. The memorandum ...
Non-legal Memo, Oversight Report
Donald J. Ryder
Mark Inch, Michael Shannon, Donald J. Ryder
A memo from John Yoo to John Bellinger analyzing whether the President may suspend certain articles of the ABM treaty. The concludes that in both cases proposed, the president may suspend the articles.
Legal Memo
John C. Yoo | Robert J. Delahunty
John Bellinger
John C. Yoo, John B. Bellinger, III, Robert J. Delahunty
JoAnn J. Dolan
Joshua L. Dorosin | Peter N. Petrihos
JoAnn J. Dolan, Peter N. Petrihos, Edward R. Cummings, Joshua L. Dorosin, Monica J. Tillery, Frank E. Schmelzer , John Conyers, Jr., Dave Obey, Nancy Pelosi, Steny H. Hoyer, James E. Clyburn, Charles D. Rangel, Henry A. Waxman, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Tom Lantos, Maurice D. Hinchey, John D. Ashcroft
A one-paragraph excerpt from the CIA's Special Review. The paragraph summarizes a 2002 OLC memo's analysis of the anti-torture statute.