Tag: OPR
Posted on Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 04:54:57 PM EST
Tags: torture memos, OPR (all tags)
The Department of Justice OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility) Report on the torture (interrogation) memos from the Bush Administration has been released. You can access all here. It finds the memos did not violate professional ethics.
The report focuses on three men who worked at Justice under President Bush: John Yoo, Jay Bybee and Steven Bradbury. All three worked in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, crafting the standards for interrogating high-value terrorism detainees.
....the report says the men "exercised poor judgment." That means the men will not face disbarment or criminal punishment.
The report includes e-mails between DOJ, the White House and the CIA. Shorter version: Move along, no misconduct here.
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Posted on Sat Jan 30, 2010 at 02:08:54 PM EST
Tags: torture, OPR, John Yoo, Jay Bybee (all tags)
The Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility report on whether the authors of the Bush era torture memos violated professional ethical standards is going to reverse course and absolve John Yoo and Jay Bybee of wrongdoing. Now, it will say they simply exercised poor judgment.
Newsweek broke the story. How the change came about: [More...]
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