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Interesting article:
Obama to Take On Torture?
By Michael Isikoff NEWSWEEK
Published Nov 22, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Dec 1, 2008
Despite the hopes of many human-rights advocates, the new Obama Justice Department is not likely to launch major new criminal probes of harsh interrogations and other alleged abuses by the Bush administration. But one idea that has currency among some top Obama advisers is setting up a 9/11-style commission that would investigate counterterrorism policies and make public as many details as possible. "At a minimum, the American people have to be able to see and judge what happened," said one senior adviser, who asked not to be identified talking about policy matters. The commission would be empowered to order the U.S. intelligence agencies to open their files for review and question senior officials who approved "waterboarding" and other controversial practices.
Obama aides are wary of taking any steps that would smack of political retribution. That's one reason they are reluctant to see high-profile investigations by the Democratic-controlled Congress or to greenlight a broad Justice inquiry (absent specific new evidence of wrongdoing). "If there was any effort to have war-crimes prosecutions of the Bush administration, you'd instantly destroy whatever hopes you have of bipartisanship," said Robert Litt, a former Justice criminal division chief during the Clinton administration. A new commission, on the other hand, could emulate the bipartisan tone set by Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton in investigating the 9/11 attacks. The 9/11 panel was created by Congress. An alternative model, floated by human-rights lawyer Scott Horton, would be a presidential commission similar to the one appointed by Gerald Ford in 1975 and headed by Nelson Rockefeller that investigated cold-war abuses by the CIA.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Obama Commits to Close Guantanamo Bay and Ban Torture on 60 Minutes
Did you see 60 Minutes last night? Obama made a commitment to close Guantanamo Bay and ban torture in order to, "regain America's moral stature in the world."
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
We Still Need Help With the Phone Bank on Wednesday Nov. 19th
We still have slots to fill for our phone bank on Wednesday Nov. 19th from 5pm-8pm. If you are interested in helping out please contact Sara at svaz@notorture.org
Interesting Article:
Obama's plans for probing Bush torture
President Bush could pardon officials involved in brutal interrogations -- but he may also face a sweeping investigation under the new president.
By Mark Benjamin
Nov. 13, 2008 WASHINGTON -- With growing talk in Washington that President Bush may be considering an unprecedented "blanket pardon" for people involved in his administration's brutal interrogation policies, advisors to Barack Obama are pressing ahead with plans for a nonpartisan commission to investigate alleged abuses under Bush.
The Obama plan, first revealed by Salon in August, would emphasize fact-finding investigation over prosecution. It is gaining currency in Washington as Obama advisors begin to coordinate with Democrats in Congress on the proposal. The plan would not rule out future prosecutions, but would delay a decision on that matter until all essential facts can be unearthed. Between the time necessary for the investigative process and the daunting array of policy problems Obama will face upon taking office, any decision on prosecutions probably would not come until a second Obama presidential term, should there be one.
Read whole article here
Interesting Article:
Obama's plans for probing Bush torture
President Bush could pardon officials involved in brutal interrogations -- but he may also face a sweeping investigation under the new president.
By Mark Benjamin
Nov. 13, 2008 WASHINGTON -- With growing talk in Washington that President Bush may be considering an unprecedented "blanket pardon" for people involved in his administration's brutal interrogation policies, advisors to Barack Obama are pressing ahead with plans for a nonpartisan commission to investigate alleged abuses under Bush.
The Obama plan, first revealed by Salon in August, would emphasize fact-finding investigation over prosecution. It is gaining currency in Washington as Obama advisors begin to coordinate with Democrats in Congress on the proposal. The plan would not rule out future prosecutions, but would delay a decision on that matter until all essential facts can be unearthed. Between the time necessary for the investigative process and the daunting array of policy problems Obama will face upon taking office, any decision on prosecutions probably would not come until a second Obama presidential term, should there be one.
Read whole article here
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR PHONE BANK NOV. 17-21
Email Sara at svaz@notorture.org to sign up for the fundrasing phone bank next week. We need your help!
Campaign against torture gears up to lobby Obama
Mercer professor instrumental in organizing effort
By CHRISTOPHER QUINN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
An extensive network of religious leaders, including an Atlanta Baptist leader, will begin a lobbying campaign to get President-elect Barack Obama to issue an executive order banning torture as one of his first acts Wednesday.
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Campaign against torture gears up to lobby Obama
Mercer professor instrumental in organizing effort
By CHRISTOPHER QUINN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
An extensive network of religious leaders, including an Atlanta Baptist leader, will begin a lobbying campaign to get President-elect Barack Obama to issue an executive order banning torture as one of his first acts Wednesday.
Read whole artcile here
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sign up for our Fundraising Phonebank Nov. 17-21
Please sign up for our fundraising phone bank. We will be calling all of our supporters the week of Nov. 17-21 from 5pm-8pm nightly. If you are interested in helping please email Sara at svaz@notorture.org
Interesting Article:
Obama Plans Guantanamo Close, US Trials
MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN November 10, 2008 12:13 PM EST
WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.
During his campaign, Obama described Guantanamo as a "sad chapter in American history" and has said generally that the U.S. legal system is equipped to handle the detainees. But he has offered few details on what he planned to do once the facility is closed.
Under plans being put together in Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and many others would be prosecuted in U.S. criminal courts.
Read whole article here
Interesting Article:
Obama Plans Guantanamo Close, US Trials
MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN November 10, 2008 12:13 PM EST
WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.
During his campaign, Obama described Guantanamo as a "sad chapter in American history" and has said generally that the U.S. legal system is equipped to handle the detainees. But he has offered few details on what he planned to do once the facility is closed.
Under plans being put together in Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and many others would be prosecuted in U.S. criminal courts.
Read whole article here
Friday, November 07, 2008
Volunteer Orientation Wednesday Nov. 12th at 6:00pm
Volunteer Orientation Wednesday Nov. 12th at 6:00pm
To sign up please email Sara at svaz@notorture.org
Interesting article:
Rodrigo Abd / AP
The Guantanamo Bay facility presents a number of headaches for the incoming administration.
THE ROAD TO THE INAUGURATION
The Gitmo Dilemma
Four reasons Obama won't close the controversial prison soon
By Dan Ephron NEWSWEEK
Published Nov 7, 2008
The detention center at Guantanamo Bay and the flawed justice system created to try terrorist suspects held there are among the most complicated legacies of the Bush administration. They're Obama's problem now. The president elect has said he will shutter Gitmo and put some of the detainees on trial in American criminal courts or military courts martial (his campaign did not return calls seeking comment. But the prisoner mess created by Bush with the stroke of a pen in November, 2001, and made messier over seven years, will take time and resourcefulness to clean up. Here are four reasons the controversial facility will probably still be open for business a year from now.
Read whole article here
To sign up please email Sara at svaz@notorture.org
Interesting article:
Rodrigo Abd / AP
The Guantanamo Bay facility presents a number of headaches for the incoming administration.
THE ROAD TO THE INAUGURATION
The Gitmo Dilemma
Four reasons Obama won't close the controversial prison soon
By Dan Ephron NEWSWEEK
Published Nov 7, 2008
The detention center at Guantanamo Bay and the flawed justice system created to try terrorist suspects held there are among the most complicated legacies of the Bush administration. They're Obama's problem now. The president elect has said he will shutter Gitmo and put some of the detainees on trial in American criminal courts or military courts martial (his campaign did not return calls seeking comment. But the prisoner mess created by Bush with the stroke of a pen in November, 2001, and made messier over seven years, will take time and resourcefulness to clean up. Here are four reasons the controversial facility will probably still be open for business a year from now.
Read whole article here
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