The Obama White House will declassify and publicly release internal memos that will reveal the "ugly" Bush interrogation techniques. Senior Obama officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Newsweek that the three internal memos will lay out details of the "enhanced" interrogation techniques approved by the Bush administration against "high value" al-Qaeda detainees. "The memos, written by Justice Department lawyers in May 2005, provide the legal rationale for waterboarding, head slapping and other rough tactics used by the CIA," the report added.
One senior official was quoted as saying that the memos were "ugly" and could embarrass the CIA.
| Most Americans aren't going to care one way or the other. The MSM and the Journolist will care, of course, and they'll lead a charge, but they'll be mystified when it doesn't gain public traction. But for most Americans, the fact that suspected terrorists got roughed up in CIA custody won't be seen as anything to be concerned about. |
Although deputies to Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. contend that there is no longer any reason to keep the interrogation memos classified, some intelligence officials are against a public release, saying it might compromise "sources and methods".
Former president George W. Bush and his administration were under criticism for the use of