Barack Obama: “I prohibited the use of these interrogation techniques by the United…”

On the recordApril 15, 2009

I prohibited the use of these interrogation techniques by the United States because they undermine our moral authority and do not make us safer.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Statement on the Release of Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Memos Concerning Interrogation Techniques

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Barack Obama: “I prohibited the use of these interrogation techniques by the United States because they undermine our moral authority…”