Brennan Center holds the view that while the memos' release is a significant victory for transparency, the actual content of the memos is chilling and highlights the urgent need for a commission of inquiry
Petition warns that leaving the decision standing could "displace the constitutional protections of the criminal justice system," based on a mere allegation of a connection to possible terrorist activity, unless the Supreme Court acts
Yesterday the U.S. government admitted, for the first time, that officials destroyed videotapes that documented interrogations of Ali Almarri, the only alleged "enemy combatant" still detained on U. S. soil.
Today, the Brennan Center for Justice asked a federal court to end the detention of a U.S. resident who is being held on the advice of long-discredited Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memos which sought to justify torture and indefinite detention.
