American Civil Liberties Union : Justice Department Office of the Inspector General Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq

There has never been a more urgent need to preserve fundamental privacy protections and our system of checks and balances than the need we face today, as illegal government spying, provisions of the Patriot Act and government-sponsored torture programs transcend the bounds of law and our most treasured values in the name of national security.

Justice Department Office of the Inspector General Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq (5/20/2008)

The results of an internal Justice Department investigation released May 20, 2008 reveal that officials at the highest level of government – including the White House - received reports on the abuse of prisoners in U.S. military custody overseas as early as 2002. Congress called on the department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to conduct the investigation after documents made public through an American Civil Liberties Union Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed FBI agents at Guantánamo had raised concerns about methods used by military interrogators. Today's government report is the first to identify that then-national security advisor Condoleezza Rice received complaints of torture.

> Part 1 (pp. i-7)
> Part 2 (pp. 8-57)
> Part 3 (pp. 58-107)
> Part 4 (pp. 108-157)
> Part 5 (pp. 158-207)
> Part 6 (pp. 208-257)
> Part 7 (pp. 258-307)
> Part 8 (pp. 308-357)
> Part 9 (pp. 358-370, Appendices)

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