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CIA Gave Pentagon Torture Tips

Methods were 'reverse-engineered' from manuals

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 18, 2008 8:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – The CIA gave the Pentagon advice about the legality of harsh interrogation techniques to be used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Documents shown to a Senate committee yesterday reveal that the agency had a bigger role than first thought.... Read full story »

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