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American Civili Liberties Union
Staff attorney with the Human Rights Program of the American Civil Liberties Union, he has represented detainees who have been rendered and tortured as part of the war on terror
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Steve Watt
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FROM Steve Watt
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New Lawsuit Targets Psychologists in CIA Torture In the aftermath of September 11, the CIA adopted a program of torture — painstakingly documented by a Senate Committee investigation. Now some survivors are filing suit against two psychologists named as architects of the program. Steven Watt is an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union , representing two clients and the family of a third, who died.
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President Bush Renews Focus in the War on Terror President Bush today repeated his challenge to Congress to give him the tools he says he needs to try notorious suspects in the war on terror. In his fourth speech of a series leading up to September 11, he referred again to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the attacks on New York and Washington five years ago. The President may be trying to divert attention from the war in Iraq, but he was full-throated today about the need to "stay the course." Just nine weeks before the November elections, Democrats and Republicans now have to talk about something other than the war in Iraq. Will the latest White House version of military tribunals guarantee fair trials? What's the difference between what the President calls an "alternative set of interrogation procedures" and torture? Will the CIA be held to the same standards as military personnel?
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