Sentence examples for unauthorized interrogation from inspiring English sources

The review that led to the full criminal investigations focused primarily on whether "unauthorized interrogation techniques were used by C.I.A. interrogators" and, if so, whether they amounted to criminal violations of statutes against torture or other measures, he said.

The U.N. report, which the White House dismissed, described "the confusion with regard to authorized and unauthorized interrogation techniques" as "particularly alarming".

Mr. Cheney said he also supported officers who strayed outside Justice Department rules and used unauthorized interrogation techniques, saying they did so to keep Americans safe.

Those who have read the report say it concludes that the agency used brutal and sometimes unauthorized interrogation techniques, misled policymakers and the public, and sought to undermine congressional oversight.

On the first page, it says an office within the CIA had received information about "agency personnel" using "unauthorized interrogation techniques" against al-Nashiri, the USS Cole bombing suspect.

Even Jack Goldsmith, the former head of the Office of Legal Counsel under President Bush, read the memos to ultimately function as a "blank check" for the military to engage in illegal and unauthorized interrogation techniques.

The terms in which we debate civil liberties -- "unauthorized surveillance," "harsh interrogation," "indefinite detention" -- are often abstract and hard to grasp.

Mr. Cheney said on Sunday that he supported even those agents who used harsh interrogation techniques that were unauthorized by the Justice Department.

Admiral Church's report faults senior American officials for failing to establish clear interrogation policies for Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving commanders there to develop some practices that were unauthorized, according to the report summary.

The CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program was inherently unsustainable and had effectively ended by 2006 due to unauthorized press disclosures, reduced cooperation from other nations, and legal and oversight concerns.

According to the Times, "The action, which Mr. Udall did not describe, took place after C.I.A. officials came to suspect that congressional staff members had gained unauthorized access to agency documents during the course of the Intelligence Committee's years-long investigation into the detention and interrogation program".