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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (291055)	2/5/2009 3:42:19 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793925

Panetta: Waterboarders should not be prosecuted WASHINGTON – CIA Director nominee Leon Panetta says the CIA interrogators who used waterboarding or other harsh techniques against prisoners on the authority of the White House should not be prosecuted. Panetta told a Senate panel on Thursday that those individuals should not be prosecuted or investigated if they acted pursuant to the law as presented by the attorney general. However, Panetta says that if interrogators went beyond the methods that they were told were legal, they should be investigated and prosecuted. The Bush White House approved CIA waterboarding of three prisoners in 2002 and 2003. The CIA banned the practice internally in 2006. President Barack Obama has prohibited harsh interrogation techniques.