Senior advisor to the Intelligence Science Board's study on educing information
Colonel in the US Air Force Reserve, senior advisor to the Study on Educing Information, sponsored by the Intelligence Science Board
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Steven Kleinman
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FROM Steven Kleinman
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America's Treatment of Suspects in the War on Terror At a news conference last week, President Bush was asked about an article in the New Yorker magazine. It details the CIA's so-called "enhanced interrogation" of terrorist suspects-- including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed mastermind of September 11. Bush responded , "Haven't seen it. We don't torture."
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Guantanamo: The War on Terror and the Rule of Law President Bush ’ s claims of executive power over terrorist suspects have run into more trouble in both civilian and military courts. Last week, two military judges ruled that a Presidential order is not enough to give them jurisdiction over the prisoners held atGuantánamo Bay. Yesterday, a federal appellate court said the President…
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