Torture Memos
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title:
Torture Memos
text:
A set of legal memoranda known as the "Torture Memos" were drafted by John Yoo as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States and signed in August 2002 by Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee, head of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice. They advised the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States Department of Defense, and the President on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques—mental and physical torment and coercion such as prolonged s
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wiki
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2002 US government legal memoranda
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Memos
date created:
2005-02-04T17:31:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T03:12:55Z
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