Top US lawyers were overruled on ‘torture’ of terror suspects
The Australian, June 8, 2009 WASHINGTON: Senior US Justice Department lawyers in 2005 sought to limit tough interrogation tactics against terror suspects but were overruled. James Comey, who was then the No2 official at the Justice Department, tried to convince Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales that some of the tactics were wrong and they would eventually damage the reputation of the department. The New York Times reported that Mr Comey had sent an email at the time describing his e
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