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Indi Guy

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Sat Oct 26, 2013, 12:55 AM Oct 2013

Lawyers for 9/11 Suspects Ask Obama to Declassify Details of CIA Interrogation

Source: Voice of America

Lawyers for five September 11 terror suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay have asked U.S. President Barack Obama to declassify details of the CIA's secret interrogation program.

In a letter to the president, the lawyers accuse the United States of suppressing evidence. They say the "self-serving" restrictions on the CIA program keep them from putting together a proper defense.

They also accuse the United States of possible war crimes. The White House has not yet responded.

Under the Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation program, the CIA flew the terror suspects to
secret foreign prisons, where they underwent such extraordinary questioning techniques as sleep deprivation and simulated drowning called "waterboarding."...

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/content/lawyers-for-911-suspects-ask-obama-to-declassify-details-of-cia-interrogation/1777432.html

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Lawyers for 9/11 Suspects Ask Obama to Declassify Details of CIA Interrogation (Original Post) Indi Guy Oct 2013 OP
Should be a interesting test MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #1
Ah, torture and war crimes, the gift that keeps on giving... dougolat Oct 2013 #2
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