EYES ONLY - DRAFT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: Documents Related to the Former Detention and Interrogation Program
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 6541505
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2016
• Case Number: F-2015-02400
• Publication Date: July 8, 2002

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From the Desk of
Associate General Counsel
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Nonetheless, the interrogation team now has concluded, and I
agree, that theuse of more aggressive methods is required to .
persuade Abu ZUbaydah to provide the critical information we need:
to safeguard the lives of innumerable innocent men, women, and
children within the United States and abroad. These methods
include certain activities that normally - would-appear to be
prohibited under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. ??2340-2340B (apart
? from potential reliance upon the doctrines of necessity. or of
self-defense)
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I respectfully-request that you grant a-formal declination
of prosecution', in advance, for any employees of' the United
States, as well as any other personnel acting on behalf of the. '
United States, who may employ methods in the interrogation of Abu
Zubaydah .that otherwise might subject those individuals to
prosecution under Section 2340A of Title 18, United States Code
as Well as under any other applicable U.S. law. .
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