Executive Order 13440Revoked

Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation

George W. Bush

July 20, 2007

72 FR 40707

This executive order has been revoked

EO 13491 (Obama)

Summary

Authorized the CIA's enhanced interrogation program under conditions specified by the order, interpreting Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Revoked by President Obama who banned enhanced interrogation.

Topics

national securityinterrogationGeneva Conventionswar on terror

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