Presidential Power and Human Rights
At a session of the American Civil Liberties Union membership conference titled, “The Abuse of Executive Power in the Global War on Terror,”… read more
At a session of the American Civil Liberties Union membership conference titled, “The Abuse of Executive Power in the Global War on Terror,” panelists talked about civil rights, privacy, and law enforcement policies of the Bush administration. Among the topics they addressed were prisoner treatment and detainee status in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, intelligence strategies in counterterrorism initiatives, access to legal counsel by terrorist suspects, and potential erosion of privacy and civil liberties rights. close
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