Obama open to torture prosecutions

Published: 22 April 2009 y., Wednesday

In what is an apparent change in tone from just a day earlier -- President Barack Obama said he's leaving the door open to prosecuting some Bush Administration officials who laid the legal groundwork for harsh interrogation of detained terror suspects.

 

Šaltinis: Reuters
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