Ashcroft Won't Discuss Torture Charges on Hill
NPR's Larry Abramson reports on Attorney General John Ashcroft's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He refused senators' demands for copies of a departmental memo quoted in news stories as saying that the president has the right to order torture in his role as commander in chief. Ashcroft said his department's advice to the president must remain confidential. Senators said they need the information to fulfill their constitutional role in overseeing the department.
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