Recently released Bush-era memos detail controversial interrogation practices . The practices were used to interrogate in Iraq and Afghanistan . The release was ordered in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union . `` Essentially , by withholding these photographs from public view , the Obama administration is making itself complicit in the Bush administration 's torture policies , '' ACLU attorney Amrit Singh said . The Obama administration has said some of those practices constitute torture . TL;DR
Recently released Bush-era memos detail controversial interrogation practices . The practices were used to interrogate in Iraq and Afghanistan . The Obama administration has said some of those practices constitute torture . TL;DR