Feds Calling Witnesses Before Secret Grand Jury Probing CIA Abuses

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/feds_calling_witnesses_before_secret_grand_jury_pr.php

Federal prosecutor John Durham has begun calling witnesses to testify before a secret grand jury probing the 2003 death of a man in CIA custody and other abuses at the agency, Adam Zagorin reported for Time.

A subpoena signed by Durham obtained by the publication indicates that "the grand jury is conducting an investigation of possible violations of federal criminal laws involving War Crimes (18 USC/2441), Torture (18 USC 243OA) and related federal offenses."

Durham, a Republican-appointed U.S. attorney based in Connecticut, was appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether some at the CIA went beyond the Bush DOJ's guidance on the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation" techniques.

Nearly a year ago, Holder said Durham was "close" to making recommendations to him about how to move forward if it was determined individuals went beyond what Holder called "pretty far out" legal opinions issued during the Bush era.