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April 4, 2012

Memo Reveals Dissent in Bush Administration Over Torture 
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A newly released 2006 State Department memo reveal there was division
within the Bush administration over the Justice Department's
authorization of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques." The
author of the memo, Philip Zelikow, wrote, "Under American law, there is
no precedent for excusing treatment that is intrinsically 'cruel' even
if the state asserts a compelling need to use it." Zelikow, who was
counselor to then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, went on to
criticize several interrogation methods including waterboarding,
walling, dousing, stress positions and cramped confinement.



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