ACLU seeks Sanchez investigation

The ACLU said a newly released memo sent by Lt. Gen Ricardo Sanchez flatly contradicts his sworn testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in which he denied authorizing highly coercive interrogation methods of detainees.
Although The Washington Post first disclosed its existence, the memorandum at issue was withheld from public release by the Defense Department under national security grounds, the ACLU said. The ACLU obtained a physical copy of the memo under an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and released a copy Tuesday.
The September 2003 memo was signed by Sanchez and laid out specific interrogation techniques Iraq. The ACLU said the techniques included sleep "management," the inducement of fear at two levels of severity, loud music and sensory agitation and the use of canine units to "exploit Arab fear of dogs."