Mar 16, 2015
I reported in December that they used Gul and the threat of an election year threat to get OLC to reauthorize torture generally. But this sequence makes it clear that they continued to torture Gul, all in the name of getting OLC to approve torture techniques they had already used without approval, even after the torturers were convinced he was not withholding any information.
Marcy Wheeler at Emptywheel. CIA Headquarters Ordered Janat Gul’s Torture to Keep Going for an OLC Approval