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May 20th, 2008 Share:
Posted by Suzanne Ito, ACLU at 3:16 pm
Civil Liberties News, Torture & Abuse

It’s Your Blog of Rights

For our regular ACLU Blog readers, you’ll notice a new site at the same old address. Today we launched the ACLU Blog of Rights. It’s a fresh take on civil liberties news and action. And to kick off the launch of our new blog, we’ve assembled a team of guest bloggers to join us in a symposium on torture.

Today saw the release of the much-anticipated Department Of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General’s report revealing that officials at the highest level of government — including the White House — received reports on the abuse of prisoners in U.S. military custody overseas as early as 2002. This, in addition to the recently released DOJ memos authorizing abusive interrogation techniques and the admission by President Bush that he knew top officials were discussing and authorizing the use of torture by the CIA, make this week’s symposium on Torture and America especially timely.

Today, the Torture and America Symposium features:

Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald, "Growing Responsibility for the Bush Torture Regime"
Daily Kos’ Joan McCarter, "Torture: The "Professional Disease" of Our Nation"
Eunomia/American Conservative’s Daniel Larison, "On the Necessity of an Irrational Enemy"

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