Revised Opinion, December 2004
The superseding OLC opinion of 30 December 2004, "Legal Standards Applicable under 18 U.S.C. ยงยง 2340-2340A" written by Daniel Levin, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, rolled back the narrow definition of torture in the memos. He noted, "hile we have identified various disagreements with the August 2002 Memorandum, we have reviewed this Office's prior opinions addressing issues involving treatment of detainees and do not believe that any of their conclusions would be different under the standards set forth in this memorandum." This opinion was issued after the resignation of Jack Goldsmith in June 2004; he had withdrawn the Torture Memos but not been able to complete the replacement opinions.
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