Sorting out the truth on 'aggressive interrogation'

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan
Published on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 8:01 p.m.

Related rulings:

"The Geneva Convention did not apply, until 2005, to the war on terror."

Lindsey Graham, Sunday, April 26th, 2009.

Ruling: Half-True | Details

On torture.

Newt Gingrich, Friday, April 24th, 2009.

Ruling: Half Flip | Details

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With new details emerging about the Bush administration's policies on "aggressive interrogation" of alleged terrorists, there's been a lively debate about whether the Obama administration should try to prosecute people responsible for the policies.

We examined two claims in the debate:

* Sen. Lindsey Graham's claim that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to suspected terrorists until 2005. We found there is still considerable debate about the policies prior to a 2006 Supreme Court decision, so we rated that one Half True .

* An allegation from MSNBC host Keith Olbermann that New Gingrich had flip-flopped on the subject of torture. We rated that one with our Flip-O-Meter and gave Gingrich a Half Flip .