Who released torture memos having details of torture techniques used by CIA?”
The Bybee Memo, also known as the Torture Memo and the 8/1/02 Interrogation Opinion, was a document prepared by the United States Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in response to a CIA request to the White House. It was submitted on August 1, 2002 and officially titled Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, from Jay S. Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. ยงยง2340-2340A.
of terrorism suspects as part of an ongoing court case. In doing so, President Obama declared: “While I believe strongly in transparency and accountability, I also believe that in a dangerous world, the United States must sometimes carry out intelligence operations and protect information that is classified for purposes of national security. I have already fought for that principle in court and will do so again in the future. However, after consulting with the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and others, I believe that exceptional circumstances surround these memos and require their release.” Certain aspects of the documents are redacted — including the names of CIA officials — but the evidence is of enough weight that Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy already felt compelled to offer the following statement: These legal memoranda demonstrate in alarming detail exactly what the Bush administration authorized for “high value detainees” in U.S. custody. The
