It is not clear whether Colonel Pohl would rule on the motion before Ms. Haspel’s hearing on Wednesday. Asked whether Ms. Haspel had any involvement in Mr. Mohammed’s detention or interrogation, Dean Boyd, a C.I.A. During the Bush administration, the Justice Department wrote secret memos approving C.I.A. torture techniques as purportedly lawful despite anti-torture laws. The department later withdrew those memos, and Congress enacted a law limiting interrogators to techniques listed in the Army Field Manual.

Source: New York Times May 08, 2018 18:06 UTC