However, the New York Times interviewed a number of current and former officials who believed that the policy was designed to allow the government to plausibly deny that torture was being tolerated.
しかしながら、ニューヨーク・タイムズがインタビューした現・旧政府筋の多数が、引渡しの取り決めは政府が拷問の許容をまことしやかに否定できるよう策定された仕組みだと信じている。