Coming Soon: Declassified Bush-Era Torture Memos | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com
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Over objections from the U.S. intelligence community, the White House is moving to declassify—and publicly release—three internal memos that will lay out, for the first time, details of the "enhanced" interrogation techniques approved by the Bush administration for use against "high value" Qaeda detainees. The memos, written by Justice Department lawyers in May 2005, provide the legal rationale for waterboarding, head slapping and other rough tactics used by the CIA. One senior Obama official, who like others interviewed for this story requested anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity, said the memos were "ugly" and could embarrass the CIA. Other officials predicted they would fuel demands for a "truth commission" on torture.
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I think that Obama is creep-crawling his way toward allowing a Truth Commission to take place. They're doing this in the manner of "selective leaks" to test, and whet, the public's appetite for controversial subject matter.