CIA interrogation methods are almost illegal, says lawyer.Byline: ANI Washington, Apr. 17 (ANI): Most of the interrogative techniques that the Central Intelligence Agency has been approved to use, are considered to be torture under federal law or international treaties, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a US Justice Department lawyer. Lawyers in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel felt that the CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). was using almost illegal methods of interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. . "The question is substantial and difficult," Justice Department official Steven Bradbury write in a May 2005 memo. Bradbury expressed reservations about plans to subject detainees to a combination of the "enhanced" techniques while also being told that interrogators "will do what it takes to get important information. "The top Justice Department attorney said it was possible a detainee de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee might view that as a threat of severe physical pain, exposure to mind-altering substances, or perhaps even...imminent death," the Politico quoted him, as saying. Bradbury went on raising doubts about serial waterboardings method of the interrogation that was not authorized anywhere else. "Comparisons to the military's counter-interrogation training involving the simulated drowning drowning /drown·ing/ (droun´ing) suffocation and death resulting from filling of the lungs with water or other substance. drowning, n asphyxiation because of submersion in a liquid. technique known as the waterboard not were of limited utility because while the military subjected its trainees to just one such session the CIA was authorized to conduct a series of back-to-back waterboardings under an extremely detailed protocol," he noted in the memo. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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