Teddy Kennedy has passed away

Why did Daniel Levin promise an opinion solely covering the approval of waterboarding for Hassan Ghul?

Michele Brown just resigned.

John Yoo bought off on the unsigned bullet points expanding legal approval for torture. But Jack Goldsmith made it clear to CIA that his approval did not equate to OLC approval.

John Ashcroft, like much of Congress, claims that CIA made false claims about the extent of his briefing.

When Condi approved torture on July 17, 2002, John Yoo had already given John Rizzo a two-page letter broadly excusing torture.

The “legal principles” authorizing torture evolved in some interesting ways over time.

Abu Zubaydah’s psychological profile was a complete whitewash of his condition. Surprise.

The IG Report refers to a document called, “Legal Principles Applicable to CIA Detention and Interrogation of Captured al-Qa’ida Personnel.” It’s a critical document in the torture regime. But we’ve never seen it.

ACLU releases the last of today’s document dump.