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Under the breezy cover note 鈥淒an, a generic description of the process,鈥� this 鈥淏ackground Paper on CIA's Use of Interrogation Techniques鈥� is one of the most chilling torture documents excavated to date.

After the Abu Ghraib photographs surfaced and the Washington Post published a redacted version of the in 2004, Jack Goldsmith 鈥� Jay Bybee's replacement as the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) 鈥� announced he was withdrawing the OLC's 2002 legal opinions. 鈥淒an鈥� is Dan Levin, who served as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the OLC from July 2004 through February 2005 and who was charged with creating replacement memos that would maintain the legality of the Bush torture program.

This document was prepared by the CIA at Levin's request to show how the CIA used the 10 approved 鈥淓nhanced Interrogation Techniques鈥� in combination in a typical interrogation. Stating that 鈥渢he goal of interrogation is to create a state of learned helplessness and dependence,鈥� the memo describes the process from rendition through a 30-day, Washington-approved torture regimen in matter-of-fact, clinical detail.

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• 鈥淕eneric description鈥� of the CIA RDI process prepared for Dan Levin, discussing and .

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