"Here you've got some evidence that there was discussion about those harsh techniques in the White House".
But she said there was also the possibility that harsh techniques were used before they had been approved.
In 2005, he ordered the destruction of tapes that showed the harsh techniques being used, apparently contrary to orders.
In September 2006, for instance, President Bush claimed that the government used "harsh" techniques only after Abu Zubaydah "stopped talking".
During the session, law professors called for a full investigation, by Congress or by an independent commission, of the adoption of the harsh techniques.
They issued redactions clearly aimed at controlling the narrative over key moments, like the events leading to 9/11 and what happened with the harsh techniques.
According to the New York Times, the use of harsh techniques was approved in his case by the justice department and the CIA.
After the scandal about mistreatment of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq became public in April, all harsh techniques were abruptly suspended, they said.
In effect, they recreated intelligence files, thus avoiding information that might be tainted because it was obtained during interrogations using harsh techniques.
Until this month, what the Bush administration called "enhanced" interrogation techniques were "harsh" techniques in the news pages of The Times.
In 2002, during parts of June and July, current and former intelligence officials have said, the C.I.A. suspended the use of harsh techniques against Abu Zubaydah.
