The Bush Administration has resisted disclosing the contents of two Justice Department memos that established a detailed interrogation policy for the Pentagon and the C.I.A. A March, 2003, classified memo was “breathtaking,” the same source said. The document dismissed virtually all national and international laws regulating the treatment of prisoners, including war-crimes and assault statutes, and it was radical in its view that in wartime the President can fight enemies by whatever means he sees fit.http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/051114fa_fact
A DEADLY INTERROGATION: Can the CIA Legally KILL a Prsioner? by JANE MAYER
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