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From: The Washington Times | April 17, 2009
President Obama’s release Thursday of four top-secret memos – which gave bracing details about enhanced interrogation techniques used on terrorist suspects during the Bush administration – was welcomed by civil liberties groups but condemned by at least one former top intelligence official, who said the president was endangering the country. Mr. Obama, in a statement issued after he left the country for a four-day trip to Mexico and a Latin American summit, said the disclosure was required to protect the U.S. from false accusations about its actions in the past. “Exceptional circumstances surround these memos and require their release,” the …
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