Human Rights First and Physicians for Human Rights recently released a landmark analysis entitled, Leave No Marks: 'Enhanced' Interrogation Techniques and the Risk of Criminality, whose findings conclude that US officials could face criminal charges if they authorized or engaged in “enhanced” interrogation techniques. These techniques had been suspended by the CIA in 2005 because of concerns around its legality, but by Executive Order President Bush claimed he would allow them to resume.

The Leave No Marks report calls on the executive branch to, among other things, prohibit the use of such techniques, and declassify all documents relating to their use. It further asks Congress to clarify the Military Commissions Act language, and establish a single standard for detainee treatment and interrogation practices.