Obama said he could not "disagree more" with proponents of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding.
Mr Schlesinger criticises the Pentagon for not being clear about what sorts of interrogation techniques were allowed.
Obama prohibited the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding shortly after taking office in January.
"The president of the United States signed an executive order doing away with enhanced interrogation techniques, " Gibbs told CNN.
The photos damaged the image of the U.S. military and exposed new policies on rough interrogation techniques to public scrutiny.
Karpinski said that while she was the commander of Abu Ghraib, she didn't personally witness any of the interrogation techniques.
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The 2004 scandal over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq had focused public attention on interrogation techniques.
One, at the time, Mr. Brennan wrote a letter in which he made clear that he opposed so-called enhanced interrogation techniques.
All 12 retirees have been critical of the Bush administration's endorsement of enhanced interrogation techniques, including highly controversial practices such as waterboarding.
Interrogation techniques, approaches, and treatments described in the Manual shall be implemented strictly in accord with the principles, processes, conditions, and limitations the Manual prescribes.
WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order 13491 -- Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
Rumsfeld's role in approving the use of illegal interrogation techniques such as 'waterboarding' and the terrorizing of detainees with guard dogs is no longer in doubt.
On the same issue, Brennan said a committee report on the interrogation techniques contained "disturbing" information that raised questions about whether he knew what really happened.
Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for the CIA in the first term because of statements he made in support of "enhanced interrogation techniques" against detainees.
The process has been roundly criticized by defense lawyers, who are fighting to keep hearsay statements and evidence obtained through coercive interrogation techniques from being used against their clients.
Democrat Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, noted that three years ago, the White House disavowed an earlier Justice Department memo, known as the torture memo, permitting very harsh interrogation techniques.
That appears to back up CIA records declassified last week, which say that on September 4, 2002, Pelosi and Republican Rep. Porter Goss of Florida were briefed on enhanced interrogation techniques.
Furthermore, interrogation techniques like waterboarding are not used there.
He approved harsher interrogation techniques that he later rescinded.
Russia's list, announced by the foreign ministry, includes two former Bush administration officials who are said to have advocated harsh interrogation techniques and two former commanders of the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.
During his first week in office, President Obama issued an executive order officially outlawing the use of harsh interrogation techniques by the CIA, and forcing the agency to adhere to standards laid out in the US Army Field Manual.
While President Barack Obama issued an executive order in 2009 disavowing the use of torture, banned the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects, and ordered the closure of secret detention facilities, the order did not repudiate the practice of rendition.
He rejects, for instance, Mr. Bush's claim that government forces can use "enhanced interrogation" techniques for terrorist suspects, a practice banned by Congress.
Nothing in this section shall preclude the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or other Federal law enforcement agencies, from continuing to use authorized, non-coercive techniques of interrogation that are designed to elicit voluntary statements and do not involve the use of force, threats, or promises.
WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order 13491 -- Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
But they rejected the inquiry's recommendation that the Army should ban the use of "certain verbal and non-physical techniques" during interrogation.
President Barack Obama issued an executive order in January that calls for a review of the Bush administration's controversial interrogation program to see whether any of the harsh techniques used should be retained.
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