Anthony Clark Arend

A previous post reported on the recommendations by the Special Task Force. The press release issued by the Justice Department follows. (HT: Bobby Chesney)
Special Task Force on Interrogations and Transfer Policies Issues Its Recommendations to the President
Attorney General Eric Holder today announced that the Special Task Force on Interrogations and Transfer Policies, which was created pursuant to Executive Order …

The Washington Post is reporting:
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided to appoint a prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators and contractors may have violated anti-torture laws and other statutes when they allegedly threatened terrorism suspects, according to two sources familiar with the move.
Holder is poised to name John Durham, a career Justice Department …

NPR is reporting today:
President Obama has approved the creation of a team of elite interrogators responsible for questioning top terrorism suspects, a White House spokesman confirmed Monday.
The unit will be stationed at the FBI headquarters in Washington and is not intended to take away all interrogation responsibilities from the CIA, deputy White House press secretary Bill Burton said.
The suggestion to …

The New York Times is reporting:
The Justice Department’s ethics office has recommended reversing the Bush administration and reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, potentially exposing Central Intelligence Agency employees and contractors to prosecution for brutal treatment of terrorism suspects, according to a person officially briefed on the matter.
The recommendation by the Office of Professional Responsibility, presented to Attorney General Eric …

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A CBS interview tells the story of yet another JAG officer, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, who did what he thought was right.

Much is being written about the soon-to-be released Inspector General’s report on the Central Intelligence Agency. Slated to be released on Monday, the report will allegedly disclose further abuses of detainees. For example, the New York Times reports:
C.I.A. jailers at different times held the handgun and the drill close to the detainee, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, threatening to harm him if …

The New York Times reports:
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, was sentenced Tuesday to three years of hard labor for violating the terms of her house arrest, but her sentence was quickly commuted to a new term of house arrest of up to 18 months.
She presumably will be allowed to leave the prison guest house where she …

President Truman ratified the United Nations Charter 64 years ago today. The Charter would enter into force on October 24, 1945, in accordance with Article 110 of the Charter once all the five permanent members and a majority of other signators had deposited their instruments of ratification.
(HT: Joe Grieboski)