Bush Administration authorized use of insects in interrogations + Justice Dept Releases Bush Admin Torture Memos

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Dandelion Salad John Byrne The Raw Story Thursday April 16, 2009 The Bush Administration Office of Legal Counsel authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to put insects inside a confinement box as part of the Administration’s “harsh interrogation” practice, as well as throwing detainees into walls, according to memos released by President Barack Obama on Thursday. [pdf] Read the full memos here. “You would like to place Zubadayah in a cramped confinement box with an insect. You have informed us he has a fear of insects,” the Bush White House said. “As we understand it, no actually harmful insect will be placed in the box. Thus, though the introduction of an insect may produce trepidation in Zubaydah (which we discuss below), it certainly does not cause physical pain.” But, the memo cautioned, to comply with the law, the CIA “must inform him that the insects will not have a sting that would produce death or severe pain.” Part of the text beneath a description of the insect torture was redacted. [...] via The Raw Story | Bush Administration authorized use of insects in interrogations. *** Justice Department Releases Bush Administration Torture Memos American Civil Liberties Union (4/16/2009) Bradbury And Bybee Memos Are Released In Response To Long-Running ACLU Lawsuits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org NEW YORK – In response to litigation filed by the American Civil Liberties Union under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Justice Department today released four secret memos used by the Bush administration to justify torture. The memos, produced by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), provided the legal framework for the CIA’s use of waterboarding and other illegal interrogation methods that violate domestic and international law. The ACLU has called for the Justice Department to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate torture under the Bush administration. “We have to look
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