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I would be grateful if Benjamin Wittes would cite to something instead of making generalizations about what he thinks is or is not in the rule. It is not good enough and we have had far too much of this kind of improvisation over the past seven years. Take a look at the CIA holding the worst of the worst statement - based on what? Based on what ...
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Benjamin Davis
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April 6, 2008
Hello legal scholars: two (or more) factual points here
It is gratifying to read the analyses of how the overseas travel of administration attorneys or leaders could, in the future, expose them to prosecution in foreign courts for violations of national laws that give effect to the Geneva Convention, and incidentally cover related activities such as special rendition. [Note: read on after the excerpts ...
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Wilson Dizard III
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April 4, 2008
Hello legal scholars: two (or more) factual points here
It is gratifying to read the analyses of how the overseas travel of administration attorneys or leaders could, in the future, expose them to prosecution in foreign courts for violations of national laws that give effect to the Geneva Convention, and incidentally cover related activities such as special rendition. [Note: read on after the excerpts ...
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Wilson Dizard III
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April 4, 2008
Surprise! It's...wait, what surprise?
Viejo Vizcacha: I find it surprising that the reviewer assumes that EVERYBODY in the US is aware of what is happening in the world and the crimes that are committed by the US government in the name of its citizens. He says: ''There's something depressing about the idea that events such as the abduction and murder of an American journalist (A ...
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haulinsacs
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October 21, 2007
Re: Guilty torture victim
And why are you so convinced that torture yields truth from the tortured? How many true Christian conversions and confessions from the persecuted Jews and Heretics did the Spanish Inquisition net? How many true tactical secrets from American POWs did the Viet-Con extract, from men like John McCain and James Stockdale? The Salem Witch Trials relied ...
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porcelainkitty
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October 19, 2007
use of MRI for Interrogation
There are several very reasonable legal and security applications for functional MR imaging, a painless and highly accurate methodology. These include interrogation for truth/ deception, adverse central nervous system effects of medications (depression, agitation, aggression, suicidal thought, drug-seeking), and development of cognitive ...
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Brave New World
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DHMarks
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June 8, 2007