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Getting Away with Torture
January 10, 2010 – 5:01 pm | No Comment
Getting Away with Torture

By David Cole
In the fall of 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen on his way home from Tunisia, was pulled out of line by US officials while changing planes at New York’s John F. Kennedy …

OTTAWA CITIZEN EDITORIAL: The U.S. can do better
November 4, 2009 – 4:24 pm | No Comment
OTTAWA CITIZEN EDITORIAL: The U.S. can do better

The Ottawa Citizen
Americans viewed the attack of 9/11 as an act of war, and no fair-minded person should blame them for doing so. And because there has never been a war in which even the …

Justice Guido Calabresi Dissents – Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arar
November 4, 2009 – 3:26 pm | No Comment
Justice Guido Calabresi Dissents – Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arar

By Scott Horton
“When the history of this distinguished court is written, today’s majority decision will be viewed with dismay,” writes Guido Calabresi, the former Yale Law dean and a man widely viewed as the most …