The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib
by Karen J. Greenberg (Editor), Joshua L. Dratel (Editor)
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The Torture Papers document the so-called 'torture memos' and reports which US government officials wrote to prepare the way for, and to document, coercive interrogation and torture in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and Abu Ghraib. These documents present for the first time a compilation of materials that prior to publication have existed only piecemeal in the public domain. The Bush Administration, concerned about the legality of harsh interrogation techniques, understood the need to establish a show more legally viable argument to justify such procedures. The memos and reports document the systematic attempt of the US Government to prepare the way for torture techniques and coercive interrogation practices, forbidden under international law, with the express intent of evading legal punishment in the aftermath of any discovery of these practices and policies. show lessTags
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Karen J. Greenberg is director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law. She is also the author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days.
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- Important events
- Abu Ghraib Prison scandal (2004)
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 973.931 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- New Millennium, Post 9/11 (2001-Present) George W. Bush (2001-2009) Sept 11 Attacks, Iraq War, Patriot Act
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- DS79.76 .T676 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia
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