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• So Where’s That OPR Report?

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Less than two weeks ago, Attorney General Eric Holder testified that the long-awaited report on the ethics of Bush-era Justice Department lawyers who sanctioned torture and other abuses would be released by the end of November. So where is it? The report, prepared by the Justice Department’s Office of ...
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• Investigating Torture ~ Bush Tactics Harmed U.S. National Security

  
  Past in Print Weblog — Authority: 116
  Evidence of torture, new and old, has landed President Obama in a bit of a quandary.  A significant percentage of his supporters are calling for criminal prosecution of Bush officials responsible for apparent war crimes.  Meanwhile, the President’s detractors pose numerous counter arguments, recommending against ...
  1 week ago

• Won’t You Help Jay Bybee Against Those Who Want to Hold Him Accountable for Torture?

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 740
  Michael Isikoff reports : The federal judge who helped draft Justice Department memos on torture has set up a legal defense fund to pay the costs of defending against possible disciplinary or impeachment proceedings. Jay Bybee, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in Las Vegas, quietly set up the fund last July following ...
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• Holder: DOJ Report on Yoo, Bybee Torture Memos to Be Released by Months End

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 529
  A long-awaited Justice Department watchdog report that is said to be highly critical of the legal work on torture that three attorneys who worked at the agencys powerful Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) conducted for the Bush administration will be released at the end of the month, Attorney General Eric Holder told ...
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• AG Holder Says “Torture Memos” Report to be Released This Month

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  After thousands signed petitions from Alliance for Justice and CREDO Action , and many made personal calls to the Justice Department, Attorney General Eric Holder said today that the report on the “torture memos” will be released by the end of this month. “I think this is a matter of great public interest, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Holder Says OPR Report Will Be Released by the End of the Month

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Responding to a question from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who’s asked frequently when the Justice Department will finally release the repeatedly delayed report by the Office of Professional Responsibility on the conduct of lawyers at the Office of Legal Counsel under President Bush, Holder said that he ...
  2 weeks ago

• When Im Calling Yoo

  
  SteveAudio — Authority: 420
  Yoos Lawyers Warn of Flood of Political Suits A ruling that allowed a prisoner to sue former Bush administration attorney John Yoo for devising the legal theories that justified his alleged torture threatens to "open the floodgates to politically motivated lawsuits" against government officials, Yoos lawyers say. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Torture Accountability Day of Action

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  Today, people from across the country are making calls to the Department of Justice . They are asking Attorney General Holder to release the report on the “torture memos” and authorize a full investigation of torture. We’ve already received feedback from supporters who have made calls and we will be posting ...
  2 weeks ago

• The American Spectator : The Man Who Despises America

  
  Eastaustinvoice's Weblog — Authority: 115
  The American Spectator : The Man Who Despises America . By Mark Hyman on 11.11.09 @ 6:09AM The very next paragraph is going to make the nut jobs on the far left excitable beyond belief. I am not referring to all Democrats or even a majority of liberals. I am singling out the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rendition Case Tests FBI Immunity

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 740
  Illustration by: Matt Mahurin Twenty-four-year-old Amir Meshal, the son of Muslim immigrants from Egypt, was a lifelong resident of New Jersey when, after living briefly in Cairo with extended family members, in 2006 he decided to go to Somalia to study Islam and experience living under Islamic law. The country ...
  3 weeks ago

• Yoo Withdrew: Amidst Growing Call for Criminal Investigation, Torture Memos Author John Yoo Withdraws from Federalist Society Panel

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  Amidst a growing call for a criminal investigation of the DOJ lawyers who authorized torture, John Yoo, author of the most infamous of the “torture memos” withdrew as a speaker at the conservative Federalist Society Convention where Alliance for Justice and human rights supporters are scheduled to take action . ...
  3 weeks ago

• Facts About “Torture Memos” Must Come to Light

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  A distinguished panel of legal scholars and practitioners held a spirited discussion today about how best to hold accountable lawyers whose legal advice provided cover for torture in the Bush administration. Watch the web cast of the discussion . In addition to the panel, the event featured a keynote speech by ...
  4 weeks ago

• Alliance for Justice Joins CREDO Action in Call for Accountability

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  We have all been outraged and saddened by the stories of how our government violated basic human rights. Waterboarding, stress positions, sleep deprivation, detainees stripped and abused - the list goes on. Yet so far there has been all too little accountability for those who laid the groundwork for torture. Some of ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Lawyers Who Would Torture

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 143
  Acting in bad faith, the legal hacks who crafted the torture memos engaged in sham analysis and tricky legal gymnastics. Motivated by a desire to please their superiors and little else, they merely... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 weeks ago

• Alliance for Justice Board Member Bradley Whitford launches fundraising challenge

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  Yesterday, Alliance for Justice -- with the help of Brad Whitford -- issued a fundraising goal of $10,000 by November 12th. On that day, Alliance for Justice is organizing a National Torture Accountablility Day of Action. If we can raise $10,000 by that date, we will be able to place targeted ads, organize dozens ...
  4 weeks ago

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