Marjorie Cohn
National Lawyers Guild, Other Human Rights Groups Call on Holder to Investigate, Prosecute Bush Regime War Criminals
Holder had expanded the mandate of Justice Department lawyer John Durham to include a preliminary investigation but limited Durham's focus to a handful of interrogators who exceeded the limits set by the "torture memos."
What Could Change the Tide? A Strong Anti-War Movement
Marjorie Cohn, interviewed by Randy Dotinga
From Randy Dotinga: “On the legal front, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have few bigger enemies than Marjorie Cohn, a professor at San Diego's Thomas Jefferson School of Law.
So Cohn fights on. In an interview, she talked about the responsibility of soldiers to disobey wrongful orders, the prosecution of government lawyers and the country's ability to withstand the distraction of putting a former president and vice president on trial.”
Spain Investigates What America Should
By Marjorie Cohn
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Stanford Anti-War Alumni, Students Call for Condoleezza Rice War Crimes Probe
By Marjorie Cohn
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Veterans of the Stanford anti-Vietnam War movement had gathered for a 40th anniversary reunion during the weekend. The gathering featured panels on foreign policy, the economy, political and social movements, science and technology, media, energy and the environment, and strategies for aging activists.
On Sunday, surrounded by alumni and students, Lenny Siegel and I nailed a petition to the University President’s office door. The petition, circulated by Stanford Says No to War, reads:
Newly Released Secret Memos Provide the Blueprint for Bush's Police State
by Marjorie Cohn
Bush Memos Reveal Policy of Cruelty: Obama Refuses to Enforce the Law
Obama’s intent to immunize those who violated our laws banning torture and cruel treatment violates the President’s constitutional duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”
The memos
The memo dated August 1, 2002 was signed by Jay Bybee, and the other three memos, dated May 10, 2005, were signed by Stephen Bradbury.
In startlingly clinical and dispassionate terms, the authors of the newly-released torture memos describe and then rationalize why the devastating techniques the CIA sought to employ on human beings do not violate the Torture Statute (18 U.S.C. sec. 2340).