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The Relevance of Discovery in Trial

May 9, 2008

Sahr MuhammedAlly – a lawyer at Human Rights First in the Law and Security Program – is in Cuba to monitor the proceedings and…

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Complex Questions Continue to Hinder Military Commission Progress

May 8, 2008

Sahr MuhammedAlly – a lawyer at Human Rights First in the Law and Security Program – is in Cuba to monitor the proceedings and…

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Al Gore Calls Bush Administration Torture Obscene

May 7, 2008

Think Progress has the audio and the transcript.

 

And these kinds of outrages — a president saying that he has the right to overturn George…

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House Panel Votes to Authorize Subpoena of Vice President’s Chief of Staff

May 6, 2008

Looks like we may finally be starting to see Congress demand some accountability from the Bush Administration for its use of torture. From Reuters:

A…

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What Congress Should Do Next

May 5, 2008

Here’s the Washington Post‘s take:

Coming Clean on Torture
What Congress should do next

Monday, May 5, 2008; A16

THE BUSH administration took a…

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Helen Thomas Stays on the Case

May 5, 2008

Helen Thomas continues to call the Bush Administration on its lies about torture. Check out her piece in today’s Albany Times Union where she pointedly asks what Congress, the…

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U.S. Resettles 974 Iraqi Refugees in April; Improvement Welcome but Comprehensive Response Still Needed

May 1, 2008

The April resettlement numbers for Iraqi refugees have just been released. The United States resettled 974 Iraqi refugees this month, bringing the total number of…

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The CIA’s Secret Detention Program

May 1, 2008

Yesterday, the Senate Intelligence Committee announced that it passed the 2009 Intelligence Authorization bill by a bipartisan vote of 10-5 and that the bill includes…

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