Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Torture Memos Could Spur More Revelations:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_04_12-2009_04_18.shtml#1240065601
The NYT [1]reports:
the new revelations are fueling calls by lawmakers for an extensive
inquiry into controversial Bush administration programs, and Mr.
Obama now faces a challenge making good on his promise to protect
from legal jeopardy those intelligence operatives who acted within
Justice Department interrogation guidelines.
Some members of Congress and human rights lawyers are likely to
press for new disclosures about the period of several months in
2002 when C.I.A. interrogators began interrogating Abu Zubaydah, a
Qaeda operative captured in March of that year, before the Justice
Department had officially endorsed the interrogation program. . . .
he American Civil Liberties Union, whose lawsuit forced the release
of the Justice Department memos on Thursday, plans to press the
Justice Department to release other classified documents from the
Bush era, including a 2004 C.I.A. inspector general�s report that
gives details about C.I.A. officers who exceeded Justice Department
interrogation guidelines.
�These are the first dominoes,� said Jameel Jaffer, an A.C.L.U.
lawyer. �It will be difficult for the new administration to now
argue that other documents can be lawfully withheld.�
Relatedly, former CIA director Michael Hayden and former Attorney
General Michael Mukasey criticized the memo release in [2]this WSJ
op-ed. The NYT's "Room for Debate" blog has more [3]here.
References
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/us/politics/18detain.html?_r=1
2. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123993446103128041.html
3.
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/the-memos-torture-redefined/
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