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Monday, June 28, 2004
MONDAY'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS
The New York Times: Uncertainty About Interrogation Rules Seen as Slowing the Hunt for Information on Terrorists ("Confusion about the legal limits of interrogation has begun to slow government efforts to obtain information from suspected terrorists, American intelligence officials said Sunday. Doubts about whether interrogators can employ coercive methods, the officials said, could create problems at the start of a critical summer period when counterterrorism officials fear that Al Qaeda might attack the United States."), Hussein to Be in Iraqi Custody "Very Soon", New Premier Says ("Iyad Allawi, the tough-talking doctor who this week will become the new interim prime minister of an unruly Iraq, said Sunday that Saddam Hussein would be physically transferred to the custody of Iraqis "very, very soon," probably within a few days after the Iraqis officially take power on Wednesday. "We have the forces," he told several reporters in an interview. "We have the judicial system, and he is going to go to court. It's going to be a just trial, unlike the trials that he gave to the Iraqi people.").
The Washington Post: Believe it or not, nothing on Abu Ghraib, tribunals, or anything else miljustlaw related today. Has the scandal run its course? Discuss amongst yourselves.
USA Today: U.S. Army Re-Examining Deaths of Iraqi Prisoners ("The U.S. Army's inspector general and criminal division are investigating whether U.S. troops deliberately or negligently exposed Iraqi prisoners to extreme heat and cold in ways that contributed to deaths that have until now been attributed to natural or unknown causes. Depending on the findings, some of the deaths could be reclassified as homicides, and charges could be brought against U.S. personnel, military officials say."), Saddam May See Judge This Week ("The legal hand-over of Saddam Hussein to Iraqi authorities, including the former dictator's first appearance before a judge, is expected by next weekend, Iraqi officials said Sunday. ''The judge is going to . . . read him the rights, and he's going to issue an arrest warrant against Saddam Hussein. They're (Iraqi police) going to put the handcuff on him,'' Mouwafak al-Rabii, Iraq's national security adviser, told CBS Evening News."), Memo Lists Acceptable 'Aggressive' Interrogation Methods ("The Justice Department spelled out specific interrogation methods that the CIA could use against top al-Qaeda members in a still-classified August 2002 legal memo, issued as the spy agency pressed terrorism suspects about possible strikes on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, current and former Justice officials said. CIA officials had demanded specific guidance for handling ''high-value al-Qaeda captives,'' said a former Justice official who worked on the memo. The techniques discussed were ''aggressive'' but ''lawful,'' the former official said. A current Justice official who knows the memo's contents said it specifically authorized the CIA to use ''waterboarding,'' in which a prisoner is made to believe he is suffocating.").
The Washington Post: Believe it or not, nothing on Abu Ghraib, tribunals, or anything else miljustlaw related today. Has the scandal run its course? Discuss amongst yourselves.
USA Today: U.S. Army Re-Examining Deaths of Iraqi Prisoners ("The U.S. Army's inspector general and criminal division are investigating whether U.S. troops deliberately or negligently exposed Iraqi prisoners to extreme heat and cold in ways that contributed to deaths that have until now been attributed to natural or unknown causes. Depending on the findings, some of the deaths could be reclassified as homicides, and charges could be brought against U.S. personnel, military officials say."), Saddam May See Judge This Week ("The legal hand-over of Saddam Hussein to Iraqi authorities, including the former dictator's first appearance before a judge, is expected by next weekend, Iraqi officials said Sunday. ''The judge is going to . . . read him the rights, and he's going to issue an arrest warrant against Saddam Hussein. They're (Iraqi police) going to put the handcuff on him,'' Mouwafak al-Rabii, Iraq's national security adviser, told CBS Evening News."), Memo Lists Acceptable 'Aggressive' Interrogation Methods ("The Justice Department spelled out specific interrogation methods that the CIA could use against top al-Qaeda members in a still-classified August 2002 legal memo, issued as the spy agency pressed terrorism suspects about possible strikes on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, current and former Justice officials said. CIA officials had demanded specific guidance for handling ''high-value al-Qaeda captives,'' said a former Justice official who worked on the memo. The techniques discussed were ''aggressive'' but ''lawful,'' the former official said. A current Justice official who knows the memo's contents said it specifically authorized the CIA to use ''waterboarding,'' in which a prisoner is made to believe he is suffocating.").
