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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Presidential Transition and Accountability

    The Senate Armed Services Committee report says "abusive" interrogation techniques were not the work of a few low-level "bad apples" at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Senate Armed Services Committee report says "abusive" interrogation techniques were not the work of a few low-level "bad apples" at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay. Top Administration officials, including Donald Rumsfeld, Air Force General Richard Myers and Condoleezza Rice, signed off on water-boarding and other practices some call torture. All committee members from both parties agreed that was wrong. Vice President Cheney says he personally approved those practices, and calls them effective — and legal.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Roy Gutman

      Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran foreign correspondent

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      Director of the Washington Legislative Office, ACLU

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    1 of 3
    Republicans Bring a Hatchet to the Budget Debate
    1. 1:16Presidential Transition and AccountabilityYou’re reading this
    2. 26:37Ramon Cortines Named Superintendent of LA Schools
    3. 36:21Republicans Bring a Hatchet to the Budget Debate
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