President open to torture memos probe, prosecution

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Widening a debate on torture, President Obama on Tuesday opened the possibility of prosecution for Bush-era lawyers who authorized brutal interrogation of terror suspects and suggested Congress might order a full investigation.

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