CIA puts harsh tactics on hold ..(If a dupe, please delete)

[mom cat]

CIA puts harsh tactics on hold
Memo on methods of interrogation had wide reviewBy Dana Priest

Updated: 1:02 a.m. ET June 27, 2004The CIA has suspended the use of extraordinary interrogation techniques approved by the White House pending a review by Justice Department and other administration lawyers, intelligence officials said.

The "enhanced interrogation techniques," as the CIA calls them, include feigned drowning and refusal of pain medication for injuries. The tactics have been used to elicit intelligence from al Qaeda leaders such as Abu Zubaida and Khalid Sheik Mohammed.

Current and former CIA officers aware of the recent decision said the suspension reflects the CIA's fears of being accused of unsanctioned and illegal activities, as it was in the 1970s. The decision applies to CIA detention facilities, such as those around the world where the agency is interrogating al Qaeda leaders and their supporters, but not military prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and elsewhere.


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"Everything's on hold," said a former senior CIA official aware of the agency's decision. "The whole thing has been stopped until we sort out whether we are sure we're on legal ground." A CIA spokesman declined to comment on the issue.


http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5305782/

[KoKo]

1. So CIA admits they were actively torturing, but have now put that on hold?

What! :wow: