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En Route to Guantanamo: Mukasey on My Mind

February 1, 2008

Military Commission Trial Observation
Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held…

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President Bush Signs Defense Authorization Act, Commits the U.S. to Helping More Iraqi Refugees

February 1, 2008

February 1, 2008 – On Monday, President Bush signed into law H.R.4986, the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. The DoD Act…

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Fact Check: Attorney General Mukasey and Waterboarding

February 1, 2008

On Wednesday January 30, 2008, Attorney General Michael Mukasey appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. This was his first appearance before the committee since his…

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President Bush Signs Defense Authorization Act, Commits the U.S. to Helping More Iraqi Refugees

February 1, 2008

February 1, 2008 – On Monday, President Bush signed into law H.R.4986, the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. The DoD Act…

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Don’t Try This at Home

January 31, 2008

Today’s Wall Street Journal chronicles the experience of do-it-yourself water boarders. And, yes, if you’re not a subscriber and able to read the whole piece, those…

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10 Questions on Torture for Attorney General Michael Mukasey

January 30, 2008

During his confirmation hearings last October, Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused to say that waterboarding and other obvious forms of torture and cruel…

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Mukasey Doesn’t Know If Private Contractors Are Authorized to Torture

January 30, 2008

Senator Feinstein just asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey whether private contractors employed by the U.S. government are currently authorized to apply the so-called “enhanced” interrogation…

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Former Intelligence Chief Confirms That the U.S. Engaged in Torture

January 29, 2008

Today, the former U.S. intelligence chief confirmed that the United States used the technique known as waterboarding in interrogations. While John Negroponte was likely trying to…

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