Monday, December 10, 2007

Feingold Wants Legal Determination of CIA Interrogation Program from Mukasey.

TPM:

Feingold today sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey asking for his analysis of the legality of the CIA's detention and interrogation program. At his confirmation hearings, Mukasey pleaded ignorance as to whether waterboarding is torture, saying he needed to be confirmed as attorney general before he could venture an opinion on the subject.
Feingold writes:

It is my hope that, under your leadership, the Department of Justice will take a fresh look at the CIA’s program, and that you will urge the President not to veto legislation that would end the use of so-called “alternative interrogation techniques.” I request that you provide current and any past Department legal analyses to Congress, and that you provide your views on the program to Congress at the earliest possible date.

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