The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a series of infamous “Torture Memoranda” redefining the criminal prohibition against torture as defined in 18 USC 2340A-2340B, which “is the controlling legal constraint on interrogations of detainees outside the United States. Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo and Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee … Continue reading Aug. 1, 2002: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Redefines Torture