Executive Branch
Federal Judge to Review Claimed 2002 U.S. Torture Memo
Posted May 8, 2008, 06:01 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to turn over to him for in camera review by Monday a secret memorandum described by the American Civil Liberties Union as one of the most important documents concerning the treatment of terrorism suspects that hasn't yet been made public.
The ACLU is seeking, as part of a federal lawsuit it brought with others in 2003 under the Freedom of Information Act to make the memorandum public. The 18-page document is described by Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project, in an ACLU press release as a memorandum written by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and sent to the CIA in 2002 that authorized the… Continue reading...
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