Text by Katharine Thomas

One of President Obama's first executive decisions in office was to prohibit the use of interrogation techniques previously sanctioned by the Justice Department under the Bush administration.

Memos released on April 16, 2009 describe in detail "enhanced interrogation techniques" used on terrorism suspects. While many American's have heard the controversy surrounding the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, few have clear depictions of what these techniques look like....