~T!I
1. Intelligence gained using the
saved P...ro.:erican lives .and ot.oert: f

has

proceed. only w;Lth a clear:
of aU the legal and policy
:lr,terrogation techniques, including'

Aucust 2002 DoJ opinion stating that

III

intettogat!.on techniques includ.ing
violate the Tortu:C.B Sta1:;u'te:-.
•

Th.e United States uses theConstitutioMI standards of
conduct described above to implement Artiel", 16 of the CZ£1'
within its- j,urisdj_ct.ion~ "Tl1e· b.:iministr.at"ioDIs -stated pol-icy
i.-s ""'to t:..r.=eat all detainees and conduct a-ll interrog<:i;t.ionsj
Nhez-ever t,hev may OCClU', i.n a mannez consistent \.;ith ["the-]
commitm",nt" made by the United States under Article 16.
(Emphasis added)

e

The President's 7 februaiy2lf02memoranclu;lt to th" Vice·
.President t th.e 'Se,creta;r:Y·0f :De;fen'$~',<' tne DCr. and ot.he r.s,
"ddressing the .Arme4 t'orc"s supportior the G"neva
Conventions, which states i4 pe:ttit,ent part, "·o.£eou1'se,
our values as a Nation . • . call ior us to treat d.etainees
J;mJl\anely, including those "ho sre 1)"t· legally entit.1ed to
such t~e~trnent . ~ '~ . ,As a .matt€ycf pclicJf the Armed
Forcea,,)!a 1). cohtinU<i to tr€';at detainees humanely and, to
the extent approp:riat.B and cons.i.at.ent witl;l military
neces.sity, in a manner oonsistent with the principles of
G.et)3~,r~ . It

,

The Dl,lrbin amendPent to the FY 2005 Hational Defells"
AlfthorizatJon Aot, which recently passed the Senate, but is
not, 'asof'no'i<t r lm·t,. sta.eestha,t :"\!l2-Person in the custody
9r uncle!' the physicaLcontrol of the\Jn,ited States shall be
subject to tortut'e or' cruel , Lnhnman , or desrradin9" treatment
err. pUl?-i.?pment that is' prohibited, by the :co.nstitut.iofl f layrs,
Q1: tre:a.ties of tbe US. J"l (Etnp.f!a'sis. udded}

·ti:Tne, ,$uprelu.6 Court's decisi:on in Rasul ''fl.. Busht 542 lL,'$,.
{20.04'} , ·v,rhich raise..s. pos.s Ib le concerns ilbQ,ut: fl,Jture us
5u.d-ici'al review 'of the Prog,rami- and these Lssues .