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A Spanish court has initiated criminal proceedings against six former officials of the Bush administration. John Yoo, Jay Bybee, David Addington, Alberto…
Marjorie Cohn
Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, dean of the People's Academy of International Law, and former president of the National Lawyers Guild. She is a member of the national advisory boards of Veterans For Peace and Assange Defense, and is a member of the bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and the U.S. representative to the continental advisory council of the Association of American Jurists. Her books include Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral and Geopolitical Issues.
Seven newly released memos from the Bush Justice Department reveal a concerted strategy to cloak the President with power to override the…
Since he took office, President Obama has instituted many changes that break with the policies of the Bush administration. The new president…
Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian residing in Britain, said he was tortured after being sent to Morocco and Afghanistan in 2002 by the…
Since Israel began its war on Gaza 11 days ago, more than 560 Palestinians – about a quarter of them civilians –…
Dick Cheney has publicly confessed to ordering war crimes. Asked about waterboarding in an ABC News interview, Cheney replied, "I was aware…
Nearly 30 years after President Jimmy Carter signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the…
Since the Bush administration began transporting men and boys to Guantánamo Bay in January 2002, it has tried to prevent them from…
Celebrations of Barack Obama’s election as President of the United States erupted in countries around the world. From Europe to Africa to…
John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate has invigorated a lackluster campaign. The media can’t stop talking…