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The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode:

CIA “Enhanced Interrogation Technique” program
Senate report on torture: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/senate-intelligence-committee-study-on-cia-detention-and-interrogation-program
CIA fact sheet: https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2014-press-releases-statements/cia-fact-sheet-ssci-study-on-detention-interrogation-program.html
Human Rights Watch FAQ: https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/senate-report-cia-torture-frequently-asked-questions

Destruction of tapes
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/washington/03web-intel.html

Attorney Generals Act and OLC advice to agency heads
https://www.justice.gov/olc/best-practices-olc-legal-advice-and-written-opinions

“Torture Memos” from the Justice Department OLC
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB127/02.08.01.pdf
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB127/020801.pdf

Memo to John Rizzo: http://cdm266901.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p266901coll4/id/1912
https://www.aclu.org/files/pdfs/safefree/yoo_army_torture_memo.pdf

18 USC 2340, the definition of “torture”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2340

Scooter Libby pardon
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/page/file/1052911/download

John Rizzo is senior counsel at Steptoe & Johnson
https://www.steptoe.com/en/lawyers/john-rizzo.html

His book is “Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA”
https://www.amazon.com/Company-Man-Thirty-Controversy-Crisis/dp/1451673930