Carrie Johnson of the Washington Post reports here on Attorney General Eric Holder’s first oversight appearance in front of the Senate Judiciary Committe. Holder said that OPR’s investigatory report on the role of Bush-appointed DOJ attorneys in drafting/approving so-called “torture memos” could be released to the public in a matter of weeks.
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AG Eric Holder has declassified and released a congressionally prepared decision-making timeline (and analysis) regarding harsh interrogation techniques approved and employed by the Bush Administration. At least one former Bush Administration official has criticized the timeline as incomplete. The document highlights the knowledge and key decisionmaking roles of Vice-President Cheney, National Security Advisor Rice, and AG Ashcroft. According to Senator Jay Rockefeller, Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld were not briefed unitl late in the day and had little or no substantive role in the decisionmaking process. The Washington Post story is here.