Office of Professional Responsibility

The World of Accountability for Bush & Rumsfeld

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

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Human Rights First

C. Dixon Osburn Director, Law and Security George W. Bush canceled a scheduled speech in Geneva on February 12 at a dinner in honor of the United Isr...

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Eight Year Anniversary of U.S. Torture Memos - Time is Ticking on Accountability

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Melina Milazzo, Pennoyer Fellow, Law and Security program This Sunday will mark eight years to the day in which lawyers in the Office of Legal Cou...

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Liz Cheney's Impeccable Timing

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Eviatar

Cheney's attack conveniently shifted the spotlight away from other former Justice Department officials who actually are at risk of professional and criminal sanction.

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What We Need To Hear About the Torture Report

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Eviatar

On Friday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the investigation into the Justice Department memos that authorized the torture of detainees in U.S. custody during the Bush administration.

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Who Told Yoo To Do Those 'Bad Things'?

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Eviatar

If White House officials were instructing the 'torture memo' authors to create legal justifications for a program those officials knew was likely illegal, then we have evidence of a high-level criminal conspiracy.

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Sam Stein

Justice Department Report Accuses Torture Memo Writers Of 'Poor Judgment'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE -- Saturday, Feb. 20, 1:08 AM: John Yoo, the lead author of the Bush administration's "torture memo," believes that an American president's pow...

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Torture Has To Be Investigated No Matter What Dick Cheney Calls It

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Eviatar

Dick Cheney may like to call those interrogations "enhanced," but in everyday parlance they're what the DOJ is implicitly acknowledging: tortured.

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Remember the OPR Report?

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Eviatar

The longer the administration hems and haws and tinkers with the ethics report before releasing it, the more the stain of the past administration's transgressions becomes its own.

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Holder Replaces DOJ Internal Ethics Head

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday warned federal prosecutors of increased scrutiny in the wake of mistakes in the corruptio...

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Former DOJ Official Lied To Congress: Investigators

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A former top Justice Department official made false statements to Congress and violated federal law in overseeing the agency's civi...

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Justice Department Announces Investigation Into Waterboarding, Torture Memo

Politico | Daniel Reilly | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Justice Department announced it has launched an investigation into who authorized the use of waterboarding at the department, following a request ...

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