Pentagon Torture Memo

June 09, 2004

The Wall Street Journal online has made public portions of the Pentagon's March 2003 memo on interrogation methods for enemy detainees. Although Attorney General John Ashcroft has refused to release the memo, it was leaked to news sources and the story was widely reported.  The memo, which contains advice from Justice Department lawyers to the CIA, asserts that using torture against suspected terrorists may be justified. SEE THE MEMO