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At least one agency balked

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May 21, 2008
        

At least one government agency, the FBI, felt the administration's harsh treatment of detainees, which top Bush officials repeatedly tried to justify, was wrong. A report by the Justice department's inspector general, long delayed because of infighting between the department and the Pentagon over...

                   

FBI agents opt out of harsh interrogations

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May 21, 2008
        

"We found no instances in which an FBI agent participated in clear detainee abuse of the kind that some military interrogators used," Inspector General Glenn A. Fine says. An FBI agent assigned in 2002 to help obtain intelligence from a top al Qaeda operative challenged the interrogation...

                   
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FBI agents witnessed, did not participate in detainee abuses: DOJ report

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May 21, 2008
        

JURIST] US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) [official website] agents were present during interrogations of terrorism suspects in which Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] or Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] officers used "borderline torture" interrogation...

                   

FBI agents' torture warnings ignored, Justice official says

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May 21, 2008
        

2008-05-21FBI AGENTS' TORTURE WARNINGS IGNORED, JUSTICE OFFICIAL SAYS Report: NSC was deaf to complaints about treatment of terror suspects By Marisa Taylor / Mcclatchy-tribune WASHINGTON — FBI agents repeatedly complained that harsh interrogation techniques used on detainees in Iraq,...

                   

FBI warnings about terror interrogations ignored

miamiherald.com
May 21, 2008
        

FBI agents repeatedly complained that harsh interrogation techniques used on detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo might violate the law and jeopardize future criminal trials, but administration officials did little to address the concerns, a government watchdog concluded in a report...

                   

Agents objected to interrogation abuse, audit says

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May 21, 2008
        

WASHINGTON – Complaints by FBI agents about abusive interrogation tactics at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other U.S. military sites reached the National Security Council but prompted no effort to curb questioning that the agents considered ineffective and possibly illegal, according to an internal...

                   

White House Ignored Torture Warnings

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May 21, 2008
        

Top White House officials waved off early warnings from the FBI that interrogation tactics being used on detainees might be illegal, according to a new report from the Justice Department's inspector general. The reports states that FBI personnel started notifying headquarters as early as 2002...

                   

US Report: FBI Complained About CIA Interrogation Tactics

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May 21, 2008
        

A U.S. Justice Department report says Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raised concerns about controversial interrogation techniques other U.S. agencies used on terror suspects. The report, issued Tuesday, describes frequent clashes between the FBI and the military and Central Intelligence...

FBI agents’ torture warnings ignored, Justice official says

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May 21, 2008
        

Full Story Here FBI agents repeatedly complained that harsh interrogation techniques used on detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo might violate the law and jeopardize future criminal trials, but administration officials did little to address the concerns, a government watchdog concluded...

                   

When the FBI are the Good Guys

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May 21, 2008
        

FBI agents who assisted with overseas interrogations of suspected terrorists after Sept. 11 often clashed with their military counterparts and refused to participate in the most aggressive intelligence-gathering methods because they doubted they were legal or effective, a long-awaited Justice...