Posted on 11/15/2012 1:48:23 PM PST by 5etester
The CIA spokesman is referring to Executive Order 13491 — Ensuring Lawful Interrogations. It revokes Executive Order 13440 from the Bush era.
Sec. 4. Prohibition of Certain Detention Facilities, and Red Cross Access to Detained Individuals.
(a) CIA Detention. The CIA shall close as expeditiously as possible any detention facilities that it currently operates and shall not operate any such detention facility in the future.
The CIA claims it had no authority since the EO was issued. However, make sure you read the entire Executive Order. Under Sec. 2 Definitions.
(g) The terms “detention facilities” and “detention facility” in section 4(a) of this order do not refer to facilities used only to hold people on a short-term, transitory basis.
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Whoa! Quelle Surprise!
Thinking the gobernment ever tells the people the truth.......priceless.
Spooky, in fact.
(g) kinda wipes out (4a) doesn’t it?
There are telling the truth. Depends on what “is, is.” The Demonrats are back in power.
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