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CIA Inspector General Report Implicates Justice Department Officials

By | 08.24.09 | 4:20 pm

I know Attorney General Eric Holder just announced that he plans to investigate only the CIA interrogators that went beyond what the law allowed, as it was interpreted by the Justice Department’s torture memos, but what will he do about the fact that the Justice Department itself authorized exceeding those More…

Center for Constitutional Rights Objects to Narrow Scope of Holder Probe

By | 08.24.09 | 2:57 pm

The Center for Constitutional Rights, which has been a leading critic of the Bush administration’s interrogation tactics, is not pleased with today’s report that Attorney General Eric Holder plans to investigate only whether the actions of low-level CIA operatives broke the law.

Here’s CCR’s statement:

Responsibility for the

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