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Spencer Ackerman, The Washington Independent: "In a statement, Tom Parker, the policy director of Amnesty International’s American branch, said, 'Perhaps unsurprisingly, given Vice President Cheney's track record, the two CIA memos released today are hardly the slam dunk we had been led to expect. There is little or no supporting evidence in either memo to give substance to the specific claims about impending attacks made by Khaled Shaik Mohammed in highly coercive circumstances.'"

https://www.truthout.org/082509S?n

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Full inspector general's report on CIA interrogation
https://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/cia_report.pdf?


Deaths, Missing Detainees Still Blacked Out in New CIA Report

Inspector General Reportedly Discovered Three Died, Many Unaccounted For by CIA.

https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=8410340



Cheney Slams Obama Administration Decision

"President Obama's decision to allow the Justice Department to investigate and possibly prosecute CIA personnel, and his decision to remove authority for interrogation from the CIA to the White House, serves as a reminder, if any were needed, of why so many Americans have doubts about this Administration's ability to be responsible for our nation's security,"

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8409637


From Information Clearing House

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Urge President Obama and Congress to close the door on torture and illegal detention once and for all

https://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=dqLJIZNBLbIPK9J&s=dmLXLeNTLfJVJiM0IsF&m=gfLGLSOBIfJUH



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