Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

DOJ Modifies its Prior Interpretation of Torture and Interrogation

12/30/04 AILA Doc. No. 05010462.
A 12/30/04 memo by DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel that supersedes the 8/2002 memo interpreting the federal criminal prohibition against torture, reinforces the unequivocal prohibition against torture, and provides important modifications to its prior analysis of standards of interrogation conduct.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 05010462.