Woodruff recently requested that his memo be declassified, and after a few deletions, that request was granted.
Democrats who have seen the memo argue that the information is cherry-picked and reliant on classified information to which people would not be privy even if the memo itself were declassified.
The papers were declassified by Sir Gus O'Donnell, the cabinet secretary.
The "Ivy Mike" studies were declassified and published in 1955.
The Ivy Mike results were declassified and published in 1955.
Even the internal memos now being declassified show that the technique was known within the administration to be torture.
"Intelligence Committee Republicans encourage the minority to accept the D.O.J.'s recommendations and make the appropriate technical changes and redactions so that no sources and methods are disclosed and their memo can be declassified as soon as possible," he said.
Some conservative lawmakers and prominent media personalities are pushing for the memo to be declassified and published to illuminate what they say have been improper actions by the FBI and Justice Department officials.
Some of these memos, and reports pointing out their inaccuracies, have been declassified, but they are also heavily redacted.
No new information was declassified in the Democrats' redacted memo, according to a senior Democratic committee official.
