An undated draft memo analyzing whether the CIA's detention and interrogation program violates the Convention Against Torture, and concluding that it does not. The memo acknowledges that it is a "close question," but concludes that, because the interrogations are applied to only a select number of detainees and always in conformity with medical safeguards, the interrogations do not shock the conscience. The memo states that "given the vague nature of the shocks-the-conscience test and the lack of precedent in this context, we cannot predict with confidence whether a court would agree with our analysis." 

This memo is a lengthier version of a similar memo produced by the government (see the related documents linked on the right). [OLC Vaughn Index #163]