ABC News– techniques ordered by Rumsfeld and others were opening them up to prosecution, said top military lawyer.
uring a January 2003 meeting involving top Pentagon lawyer William Haynes and other officials, the memo shows that Mora warned that “use of coercive techniques … has military, legal, and political implication … has international implication … and exposes us to liability and criminal prosecution.”
Mora’s deep concerns about interrogations at Guantanamo have been known, but not his warning that top officials could go to prison.
In another meeting held March 8, 2003, the group of top Pentagon lawyers concluded — according to the memo — “we need a presidential letter approving the use of the controversial interrogation to cover those who may be called upon to use them.”
No such letter was issued.
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