On September 14 , 2003 Lieutenant General Sanchez issued an interrogation policy for CJTF-7 that authorized interrogators to use stress positions, environmental manipulation, sleep management, and military working dogs to exploit detainees' fears in their interrogations of detainees.
Months after Zubaydah's interrogation, Tenet issued formal guidance approving brutal interrogation techniques, including waterboarding.
Rahman's death occurred before Tenet issued detention and interrogation guidelines in January 2003.
He won't be prosecuting anyone who issued the "enhanced interrogation" instructions.
(b) "Army Field Manual 34–52" means FM 34 52, Intelligence Interrogation, issued by the Department of the Army on May 8 , 1987
On his second full day in office, President Obama instructed officials not to rely on any opinions on interrogation issued by the Justice Department since 2001.
A legal memorandum relaxing the limits on interrogation was issued in 2002 but repudiated by the administration in 2004.
French courts also issued orders for the interrogation of Kissinger, making him realise that he, like Pinochet, did not enjoy international impunity from prosecution.
A legal opinion by the Justice Department, issued in August 2002, said interrogation methods just short of those that might cause pain comparable to "organ failure, impairment of bodily function or even death" could be allowable without being considered torture.
The alert, the latest in a series since Sept. 11 about possible terrorist threats, was issued as a result of interrogations of Al Qaeda fighters being held at the American military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the officials said.
The announcement was issued suddenly, without an expected interrogation of the general and before an examination to ensure that he is fit to stand trial.
