Reading Room Document
Advice to the Department of Defense on Interrogations
This opinion reiterates the conclusion of a prior OLC opinion, that the four techniques for interrogation of a prisoner at Guantanamo would be lawful, if justified by military necessity and conducted with a variety of safeguards. The opinion notes that the DOD's Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations reached the same conclusion. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at https://justice.gov/olc/docs/dod-interrogations.pdf.
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