Reading Room Document

Application of the War Crimes Act, the Detainee Treatment Act, and Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions to Certain Techniques That May Be Used by the CIA in the Interrogation of High Value al Qaeda Detainees

This opinion concludes that the six "enhanced interrogation techniques" (dietary manipulation, extended sleep deprivation, "facial hold," "attention grasp," "abdominal slap," and "insult (or facial) slap") proposed by the CIA are consistent with the War Crimes Act, as amended by the Military Commission Act of 2006, the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, and Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at https://justice.gov/olc/file/886296/download.

July 20, 2007