George J. Terwilliger III
The administration now disavows program.
."Our office recently concluded that the Fourth Amendment had no application to domestic military operations," a 2003 footnote states, referring to a a secret Justice Department legal memo dated Oct. 23, 2001 to Alberto Gonzales titled "Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activities Within the United States." Justice advised that Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures on U.S. soil did not apply to its efforts to protect against terrorism. The opinion, by John C. Woo, was disclosed in the footnote of a separate secret Justice memo, dated March 14, 2003, that discussed the legality of various interrogation techniques.
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John C. Yoo Memo on Torture

A memo by John C. Yoo, then of the Justice Department, argued federal laws prohibiting assault, maiming and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president's ultimate authority as commander in chief overrode such statutes. Although the existence of the memo has long been known, its contents had not been previously disclosed. "Whether conduct is conscience-shocking turns in part on whether it is without any justification," Yoo wrote, explaining, for example, that it would have to be inspired by malice or sadism before it could be prosecuted. here