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Falsifying legislative history.(Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief Act of 2005)(Brief article)
Last December, President Bush signed into law a measure called the Detainee Treatment Act, which was intended to prohibit the use of torture in interrogating terrorist suspects. At the time he signed the act, Mr. Bush attached a "signing statement," effectively nullifying the act by claiming that he could suspend its application in the interests of national security.
But even before the bill reached his desk, Mr. Bush's congressional allies had used a similarly dishonest gambit in an attempt to preserve the extra-constitutional powers claimed by the president.
As Nixon-era White House Counsel John Dean recounted in an op-ed column, when the conference report on the Detainee Treatment Act was sent back to the Senate last December 21, it contained a "lengthy colloquy" involving Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.). This ...
- The Detainee Treatment Act of 2005: embodying U.S. values to eliminate detainee...
- Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Logan, Ryan P. November 1, 2006 700+ words
...federal courts. Finally, the Note discusses the Detainee Treatment Act and argues that it provides the most comprehensive...The Passaro Case: A Critical First Test C. The Detainee Treatment Act of 2005: Closing the Loopholes V. CONCLUSION...
- Suspension clause - Military Commissions Act - Detainee Treatment Act -...
- Magazine article from: American Journal of International Law Chesney, Robert M. October 1, 2008 700+ words
...challenges to the CSRT system disagreed regarding its legality in 2005 (8)--before Congress intervened with the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA). (9) The DTA prohibited Guantanamo detainees from invoking the federal habeas corpus statute, (10...
- U.S. Supreme Court holds, 5 to 4, that alien Guantanamo petitioners are...
- Newspaper article from: International Law Update June 1, 2008 700+ words
...v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466, 473 (2004). While the Petitioners' appeals were pending, Congress passed the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA), Section 1005(e); it amended Section 2241 to give the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...
- Detainee treatment: new details.(USA)(interrogation techniques)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Grier, Peter May 23, 2008 700+ words
Byline: Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- At the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military guards called their sleep-disruption efforts for detainees the "frequent-flier program." This involved constant cell changes meant to disrupt prisoners' rest and lower
- Detainee treatment shove.(COMMENTARY)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times October 22, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Tom Donnelly and Vance Serchuk, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Last week, the Senate overwhelmingly adopted legislation proposed by Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, establishing a clear, consistent set of rules on how the Pentagon should treat detainees. With the White House
- DETAINEE TREATMENT CAUSING CONCERN.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) January 21, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Associated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The British government wants the United States to explain its treatment of al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners after British newspapers ran photos of handcuffed, kneeling detainees wearing blacked-out goggles and face masks. A group of British
- Harsh detainee treatment detailed; CIA releases guidelines; After medical...
- Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) August 26, 2009 700+ words
Byline: Joby Warrick, Peter Finn And Julie Tate; The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- As the session begins, the detainee stands naked, except for a hood covering his head. Guards shackle his arms and legs, then slip a small collar around his neck. The collar will be used later; according to CIA
- CURBS ON DETAINEE TREATMENT SOUGHT.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) October 6, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Liz Sidoti Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Senate faces a confrontation with the House over a $440 billion military spending bill that, despite White House opposition, would impose restrictions on the treatment of terrorism suspects. Delivering a rare wartime slap at Pentagon authority