birdwatcher: (cthulhu)
[personal profile] birdwatcher
WP -- The Justice Department sent a legal memorandum to the Pentagon in 2003 asserting that federal laws prohibiting assault, maiming and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president's ultimate authority as commander in chief overrode such statutes.

Although the existence of the memo has long been known, its contents had not been previously disclosed.

Надеюсь, никто не шокирован.