Complexity Digest 2005.04 - 19.03
24-Jan-2005
Gonzales Says '02 Policy on Detainees Doesn't Bind C.I.A., NY Times
Excerpts: Officers of the Central Intelligence Agency and other nonmilitary personnel fall outside the bounds of a 2002 directive issued by President Bush that pledged the humane treatment of prisoners in American custody, Alberto R. Gonzales, the White House counsel, said in documents released on Tuesday. In written responses to questions posed by senators as part of his confirmation for attorney general, Mr. Gonzales also said a separate Congressional ban on cruel, unusual and inhumane treatment had "a limited reach" and did not apply in all cases to "aliens overseas."
- Source: Gonzales Says '02 Policy on Detainees Doesn't Bind C.I.A.
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/19/politics/19gonzales.html ], Eric Lichtblau, NYTimes, 05/01/19