Did White House OK Earliest Detainee Abuse?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104350361

by Ari Shapiro


All Things Considered, May 20, 2009 · It is clear that increasingly abusive interrogation techniques were used on Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee, in the months between his capture and the first Justice Department memo authorizing harsh interrogations. But the legal guidance that authorized those early interrogations remains shrouded in secrecy.

Zubaydah was picked up on March 28, 2002. The Justice Department issued its first memo on torture four months later on Aug. 1.

Zubaydah's lawyer, Brent Mickum, believes documents and testimony in the public record establish "beyond question that Abu Zubaydah was subjected to torture before the issuance of the Aug. 1 memorandum."

I am sorry I voted for Obama. Ron Paul for Prez!

... then yeah, the GOP approved detainee abuse.

One more thing: define "early."