'Torture' memo inquiry nears end
Date: Wednesday, May 06 @ 16:35:18 CEST
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60? "60px": "auto" ); height:expression(do*****ent.body.clientHeight > 60? "60px": "auto" );' onload=this.style.filter='progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#000000,direction=135,strength=5)'>Bush administration lawyers who authorised harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects are unlikely to face criminal charges, US media report. A justice department inquiry into the lawyers who wrote memos approving techniques such as waterboarding is nearly complete, reports say. The inquiry's conclusions are said to make no mention of criminal charges. President Barack Obama, who considers such methods torture, last month made four of the memos public. But he said CIA agents who followed the memos' advice would not be prosecuted. The inquiry by the Office of Professional Responsibility, an internal unit in the Department of Justice, is near completion and could be released later this month. It is unlikely to undergo any major alterations, US media report. BUSH-ERA INTERROGATION Waterboarding: Aimed at simulating sensation of drowning. Used on alleged 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Insect: Harmless insect to be placed with suspect in "confinement box", suspect to be told the insect would sting. Approved for Abu Zubaydah, but not used Walling: Detainee slammed repeatedly into false wall to...
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