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Who Will Torture Probe Look At? Justice Dept. Won't Say

Zachary Roth | August 25, 2009, 4:38PM

Attorney General Eric Holder

There's a critical unanswered question about the torture investigation -- or "preliminary review" announced yesterday by Attorney General Eric Holder. And the Justice Department doesn't seem eager to clear it up.

Who, exactly, is to be investigated?

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Topics: CIA, Dick Cheney, Eric Holder, Jay Bybee, John Conyers, John Yoo, Justice Department, Russ Feingold, Torture

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Dems Urge Holder To Allow Torture Probe To Go Further

Zachary Roth | August 24, 2009, 4:11PM

Some top Democrats are expressing disappointment with Eric Holder's announcement of a probe into Bush-era torture, and specifically with Holder's apparent decision to ensure the probe doesn't look at the Bush officials who authorized the policy.

In just-released statements, Reps John Conyers and Jerry Nadler of the House Judiciary committee applaud the decision to probe torture, but add that "it would not be fair or just for frontline personnel to be held accountable while the policymakers and lawyers escape scrutiny after creating and approving conditions where such abuses were all but inevitable to occur."