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FBI memos suggest top military officials endorsed harsh Gitmo interrogations
FBI memos released Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act action suggest that senior US military officials, up to and including former Undersecretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, were aware o (More) |
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Federal judge orders DOD release of Guantanamo detainee names by March 3
US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York on Thursday ordered the Defense Department to release uncensored transcripts, including detainee names, of 317 Combatant Status Review Tribunal hearings held at Guantanamo Bay . (More) |
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Human Rights Report 2005 [UK HC FAC]
Human Rights Report 2005, UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, February 23, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Reports decry UK anti-terror policies on rights, torture, Guantanamo
Two separate reports issued in Britain Thursday strongly criticized the anti-terror strategy of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, documenting domestic deprivations of human rights, condemning UK policy on torture, and urging the government (More) |
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US Army general confirms force-feeding Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike
US Army Gen. Bantz J. Craddock , military commander for US Southern Command , which oversees the detention center at Guantanamo Bay , has confirmed that military officials have begun employing more aggressive tactics to deter detainees from carrying (More) |
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Pentagon Process Subverted? The Lost Battle of Alberto Mora
JURIST Contributing Editor Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.) and former Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, now a professor at South Texas College of Law, says that the disclosure of former US Navy General (More) |
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Supreme Court to hear sentencing, communications cases
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in four cases Tuesday. In Cunningham v. California, the Court will consider whether California's determinate sentencing law is invalid because judges are able to impose increased sentences based on their (More) |
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US public diplomacy chief defends Gitmo prison on Arab junket
Echoing views expressed by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld last week, US Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and one-time top Bush aide Karen Hughes Monday defended US practices at Guantanamo Bay and rejected t (More) |
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Why revise FISA? Some points to consider...
Brian J. Foley : "Why should Congress revise FISA to give the executive more power to spy? The main argument that AG Gonzales seemed to raise at the February 6 hearing was that it is too difficult/onerous/slow to get a warrant under FISA, even w (More) |
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Interrogation issues memo [US Navy GC]
Statement for the Record: Office of General Counsel Involvement in Interrogation Issues, US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora, July 7, 2004 . Read the full text of the memo , as published by the New Yorker. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase her (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
