Conyers, Nadler Request Torture Memos
By newsdesk - Posted on November 12th, 2007
Tagged: Congress
• House of Representatives
• Human rights
• John Conyers
• Judiciary Committee
• Michael Mukasey
• Torture
• Waterboarding
November 9, 2007 -- (Washington, DC) - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to newly confirmed Attorney General Michael Mukasey restating their October 4 request to receive copies of Justice Department "secret" legal opinions authorizing the use of torture on terror suspects.
On Thursday, Rep. Nadler's subcommittee held a hearing about the cruel and inhuman nature of torture and extreme interrogation practices during which "waterboarding," a controversial tactic believed to be authorized in these memos, was described in detail by former U.S. Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) instructor Malcolm Nance and other witnesses. For the full text of the letter click on the link below.
Conyers, Nadler Request Torture Memos
Source: House Judiciary Committee
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