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Secret Justice Department Memos Said To Sanction “Severe” Interrogation Tactics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 102 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 177 - 179
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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References

1 Scott, Shane, David, Johnston, & James, Risen, Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations, N.Y. Times, Oct. 4, Scott0, Scott1Google Scholar.

2 See John, R. Crook, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 99 AJIL 479 (2005)Google Scholar; Scott, Shane, A Firsthand Experience Before Decision on Torture, N.Y. Times, Nov. 7, 2007 at A20Google Scholar. (acting head of the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel voluntarily underwent water boarding prior to issuing the 2004 Justice Department memorandum declaring torture to be abhorrent to American values.)

3 See John, R. Crook, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 100 AJIL 232 & 455 (2006)Google Scholar.

4 Shane et al., supra note 1.

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