The Washington Independent » public record http://washingtonindependent.com National News in Context Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:15:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Email Reveals Bush Personally Authorized Detainee Abuse http://washingtonindependent.com/23691/e-mail-reveals-bush-personally-authorized-detainee-abuse http://washingtonindependent.com/23691/e-mail-reveals-bush-personally-authorized-detainee-abuse#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:54:52 +0000 Daphne Eviatar http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=23691 Jason Leopold at The Public Record writes about an email that turned up in the ACLU’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit revealing that, contrary to Bush administration claims in the past, an executive order signed by President Bush specifically authorized hooding, sleep deprivation, the use of attack dogs, loud More...

]]> Jason Leopold at The Public Record writes about an email that turned up in the ACLU’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit revealing that, contrary to Bush administration claims in the past, an executive order signed by President Bush specifically authorized hooding, sleep deprivation, the use of attack dogs, loud music and other “aggressive” techniques to try to get Al Qaeda suspects to talk.

Read the email here (PDF).

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