WASHINGTON (Apr 27)--The Justice Department has told Congress that American intelligence operatives attempting to thwart terrorist attacks can legally use interrogation methods that might otherwise be prohibited under international law. The legal interpretation, outlined in recent letters, sheds new light on the still-secret rules for interrogations by the Central Intelligence Agency. It shows that the administration is arguing that the boundaries for interrogations should be subject to some latitude, even under an executive order issued last summer that President Bush said meant that the C.I.A. would comply with international strictures against harsh treatment of detainees. The total hypocrisy of an Administration that holds Bible studies and touts its Christian bona fides, while still providing for torture of bound subjects, is breathtaking. The overwhelming opinion of former intelligence officers is that torture produces bad information, and gives the country's enemies a propaganda victory like no other. Read more.