EXCLUSIVE: Department of Defense Declassifies Report on Alleged Drugging of Detainees

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Subject: EXCLUSIVE: Department of Defense Declassifies Report on Alleged Drugging of Detainees
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Click here to view this and past newsletters online. Please add "messenger@truthout.org" to your email contacts to ensure delivery. Wednesday 11 July 2012 EXCLUSIVE: Department of Defense Declassifies Report on Alleged Drugging of Detainees Jeffrey Kaye and Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Detainees in custody of the US military were interrogated while drugged with powerful antipsychotic and other medications that 'could impair an individual's ability to provide accurate information,' according to a declassified Department of Defense (DoD) inspector general's report that probed the alleged use of 'mind altering drugs' during interrogations." 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