Tuesday, June 08, 2004



Report: Justice Dept. Memo Offers Basis for Torture:

"The U.S. Justice Department offered justification for the use of torture against al Qaeda detainees in an August 2002 memo to the White House, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

The memo said if a government employee were to torture a suspect in captivity, 'he would be doing so in order to prevent further attacks on the United States by the al Qaeda terrorist network,' the newspaper reported.

The memo also said that arguments centering on 'necessity and self-defense could provide justifications that would eliminate any criminal liability' later, according to the Post."


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