US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein says the memos are “clearly responsive” to a lawsuit filed in 2003 by the ACLU and other civil rights groups seeking records on the treatment of prisoners in US custody overseas.美國地方法院法官阿爾文海勒思丁光說，備忘錄是“明確的反應” ，以一紙訴狀， 2003年由美國公民自由聯盟和其他民權團體尋求記錄中囚犯待遇的美國關押海外。

The US attorney’s office in Manhattan declined to comment Wednesday.美國聯邦檢察官辦公室在曼哈頓週三拒絕發表評論。

The New York Times last year disclosed the existence some of the Justice Department memos.紐約時報去年披露存在一些司法部備忘錄。 It said they authorized interrogators to use methods like waterboarding, head slapping and exposure to freezing temperatures.它說，他們使用授權審訊方法像水刑，頭部拍打和接觸嚴寒。

AP美聯社