Did the CIA Mislead the Justice Department in 2005 About Prolonged Diapering?

Commenter Decora points to some references to diapering in the 2005 Office of Legal Counsel memoranda on torture. What’s striking is how the CIA describes the technique — evidently used, according to both the 2004 CIA inspector general report and the 2007 Red Cross report, in support More…

Some Bush-Era Legal Memoranda For Surveillance Still In Place

Here’s some clarity on a post I wrote Friday. I wondered what Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) meant when he called on President Obama to withdraw certain Justice Department legal memoranda that remain operative. Which memoranda? Apparently some from President George W. Bush’s second term are still in place.

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