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Ex-Bush Official: CIA Used Unauthorized Torture Techniques

HeadlineJul 16, 2010

A former top Bush administration official has testified that CIA interrogators used unauthorized techniques in the interrogation and torture of foreign prisoners. According to the Washington Post, former Office of Legal Counsel chief Jay Bybee told congressional investigators that he never approved a number of torture techniques used on prisoners and that those he did approve were used excessively.

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