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Justice Dept. not recommending charges for torture

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A Justice Department internal report doesn’t recommend charging Bush administration officials for torture, CNN reports.
The CIA Interrogation memos recently released have raised an uproar over the possibility that U.S. officials could be charged.
A few lawyers who advised the Bush administration on the legality of torture have come under scrutiny.
The Justice Department said the [...]

Obama releases interrogation memos

The Obama administration has released four internal CIA memos detailing interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects during the Bush years, CNN reports.

The president pledged to work to ensure the actions described in the memos “never take place again.”

Top CIA officials argued against the release of the more “graphic details” of the memos, the Wall Street [...]