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There has been lots of back and forth going on as a federal judge for the first time is hearing claims of three CIA torture victims who underwent some of the most brutal interrogation techniques of the post-9/11 era. Attorneys for two contract psychologists are arguing before senior federal judge Justin L Quackenbush that the case should be dismissed because they did not commit the acts for which they are accused. Dror Ladin, an ACLU attorney representing the torture victims, called the actions “war crimes”.