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OLC Memo: OLC Memo: Memo for John Rizzo, Senior Deputy Gen. Counsel, CIA Re: Application of the War Crimes Act, the Detainee Treatment Act, and Common Art. 3 of Geneva Conventions to CIA Interrogation Techniques

OLC | ACLU-RDI 6594
This legal memorandum from Steven Bradbury to John Rizzo examines the application of the War Crimes Act, the Detainee Treatment Act, and Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions to certain techniques that may be used by the CIA to interrogate high value al-Qaeda detainees. The memorandum concludes that the CIA's six proposed interrogation techniques would comply with the Detainee Treatment Act and War Crimes Act and that Common Article 3 permits the CIA to proceed with the proposed interrogation program.