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OLCLegal Counsel OfficeDOJ Legal Counsel
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About
Office within the U.S. Department of Justice that provides legal advice to the President and executive branch agencies. Its opinions are treated as binding unless withdrawn.
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Dick Cheney
influenced
Dick Cheney office directed the Office of Legal Counsel to produce legal memoranda justifying the CIA enhanced interrogation techniques. The resulting Torture Memos of August 1, 2002, authored by John Yoo and signed by Jay Bybee, redefined torture so narrowly that waterboarding, stress positions, sleep deprivation, and cramped confinement were deemed legal. The OLC Office of Professional Responsibility later concluded the opinions constituted professional misconduct.
Since 2002