DOJ: No Misconduct for Bush Interrogation Lawyers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice Department lawyers showed ''poor judgment'' but did not commit professional misconduct when they authorized CIA interrogators to use waterboarding and other harsh tactics at the height of the U.S. war on terrorism, an internal review released Friday found.
The decision closes the book on one of the major lingering investigations into the counterterrorism policies of George W. Bush's administration.
For the spin :
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/20/us/politics/AP-US-Interrogation-Memos.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice Department lawyers showed ''poor judgment'' but did not commit professional misconduct when they authorized CIA interrogators to use waterboarding and other harsh tactics at the height of the U.S. war on terrorism, an internal review released Friday found.
The decision closes the book on one of the major lingering investigations into the counterterrorism policies of George W. Bush's administration.
For the spin :
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/20/us/politics/AP-US-Interrogation-Memos.html