Defense turned over an 81-page document to the ACLU in a FOIA lawsuit that provides insight into the extraordinary Executive Branch powers granted to Bush following the 9/11 attacks. John Yoo drafted the document, dated March 14, 2003. It provided military interrogators with legal cover if they resorted to brutal and violent methods to extract information from prisoners. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.