Did the CIA start using torture before the DOJ authorized it in the infamous torture memos? That's what it sounded like according to former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who was on the Hill yesterday testifying on interrogation techniques before the House Judiciary Committee. During questioning, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., pointed out that the abuse of Zubaydah had reportedly begun weeks, if not months, earlier. "Did you offer legal approval of interrogation methods used at that time ... prior to August 2002?" "I have no recollection of doing that at all," Ashcroft responded. » original news ...
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