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Bush Administration Torture Memos Released - Analysis from Scott Horton

Bush Administration Torture Memos Released - Analysis from Scott Horton

Four Justice Department memos have been released, revealing the legal justifications for torture committed under the Bush administration. The Obama administration vowed to defend CIA interrogators from prosecution, but was silent on the future of the Bush-era lawyers responsible for the memos. Human rights attorney and contributor to Harper's Magazine, Scott Horton, provides analysis in this interview with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman.

From Democracy Now, April 17, 2009

Bush Administration Torture Memos Released - Analysis from Scott Horton

Four Justice Department memos have been released, revealing the legal justifications for torture committed under the Bush administration. The Obama administration vowed to defend CIA interrogators from prosecution, but was silent on the future of the Bush-era lawyers responsible for the memos. Human rights attorney and contributor to Harper's Magazine, Scott Horton, provides analysis in this interview with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman.

From Democracy Now, April 17, 2009

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