0 sore DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT Investigation into the Office of Legal Counsel’s Memoranda Concerning Issues Relating to the Central Intelligence Agency’s Use of “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” on Suspected Terrorists July 29, 2009 NOTE: THIS REPORT CONTAINS SENSITIVE, CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THE REPORT OR ITS CONTENTS WITHOUT THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Sec‘Top secr EOP oni TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY . . L I. OPR’s Analytical Framework and Professional Standards a. The Duty to Exercise Independent Professional Judgment and to Render b. The Duty of Thoroughness and Care BACKGROUND A. The Office of Professional Responsibility B. This Investigation . C. The Office of Legal Counsel . D. 1. OPR’s Analytical Framework . 2, — Professional Standards Candid Advice 3. Analytical Approach FACTS ........505 A. Subject and Witness Backgrounds B. ‘The Bybee Memo and the Classified Bybee Memo (August 1, 2002) . GROEN The CIA Interrogation Program. Drafting the Bybee Memo . : Key Conclusions of the Bybee Memo... Key Conclusions of the Classified Bybee Memo ‘The Yoo Letter . . 12 12 13 15 18 18 i9 21 22 24 25 25 . 30 30 43 67 68 69Top secrriEororc Military Interrogation, the March 14, 2003 Yoo Memo to DOD, and the DOD Working Group Report . . . 1. Guantanamo and the Military's Interrogation of Detainees .............. 2. Drafting the Yoo Memo 3. Key Conclusions of the Yoo Memo . 4. The Working Group Report Implementation of the CIA Interrogation Program Abu Zubaydah ...... Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nishiri . Khalid Sheik Muhammed . CIA Referrals to the Department . Other Findings of the CIA OIG Report .. ausone Reaffirmation of the CIA Program .. ‘The Question of “Humane Treatment” The “Bullet Points” ‘The Leahy Letter . . ‘The CIA Request for Reaffirmation Ser AAG Goldsmith - Withdrawal of OLC’s Advice on Interrogation ......... 0.0... .ee sees 1. The NSA Matter ............ |The Withdrawal of the Yoo Memo « 3. The CIA OIG Report and the Bullet Points Controversy ............... Goldsmith's Draft Revisions to the Yoo Memo 5, The Withdrawal of the Bybee Memo . = Top oechT OFT “ii. 95; -70 70 75 80 81 - 82 90 97 97 100 104 106 110 - 110 112 114 .U7 121