DOJ to investigate 2 overseas detainee deaths
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] announced Thursday that he would continue investigating the deaths of two detainees [press release] who died during interrogations by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website]. Former attorney general Michael Mukasey had appointed Assistant United States Attorney John Durham in 2008 to conduct a criminal investigation into the destruction of 92 interrogation videotapes [JURIST report] by the CIA and to determine whether federal laws were violated during overseas interrogations. After extensive investigation,…