But the precise number and the exact nature of the interrogation method was not previously known.
In addition, Preston acknowledges that, in the past, the C.I.A. inadequately informed the Justice Department about the full nature of its interrogation and detention program.
Some of the talk about Sotomayor's attitude may have amounted to lay misunderstanding of the nature of judicial interrogation, which on the Second Circuit — where each oral argument typically lasts only ten minutes — tends to be curt.
The report also found that the agency misled lawmakers and the public about the nature of its interrogation methods.
Tungay Ceylan, a spokesman for the Turkish bank regulators who seized Demirbank, said that because of the confidential nature of the interrogations of the people related to the bank by the inspectors he cannot provide any information about the paintings' ownership.
But the defense is likely to challenge the limited nature of those interrogations and seek to explore a range of other topics about the reporters' dealings with White House officials, the substances of their conversations and the offers of confidentiality offered to sources, the people involved in the case said.
But the urgency of obtaining information about potential attacks and the opaque nature of the way interrogations are carried out can blur the line between accepted and unaccepted actions, several American officials said.
Critics of the Administration fear that the unorthodox nature of the C.I.A.'s interrogation and detention program will make it impossible to prosecute the entire top echelon of Al Qaeda leaders in captivity.
Our panel of 20 posed a question each, ranging from an interrogation of the nature of national interest, to the future of scientific endeavour in this country, to weighty issues of sustainability and identity, to Gillard's ideal dinner party guest.
