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Introductory Remarks by Charles H. Brower II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Charles H. Brower II
Charles H. Brower II*
Affiliation:
University of Mississippi School of Law
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Torture, Violence, and The Global War On Terror
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 99 , 2005 , pp. 401
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2005

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References

1 See R. Jeffrey Smith & Dan Eggen, Gonzales Set the Course for Detainees, Wash. Post, Jan. 5, 2005, at A1 (reporting that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales “ often repeated ” to colleagues “ a phrase used by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld: ‘Are we being forward-leaning enough?”).

2 See Toni Locy & John Diamond, Memo Lists Acceptable “Aggressive ” Interrogation Methods, USA Today , June 27, 2004, (quoting a former Department of Justice (DOJ) official who described as “ aggressive ” but “ lawful ” techniques, including waterboarding or simulated drowning, which were specifically authorized by a classified memorandum from the DOJ to the CIA).

3 Press Release, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Statement in Support of Alberto Gonzales as the Next Attorney General of the United States (Feb. 3, 2005).

4 See David Hope, Torture, 53 Int’l & Com p . L.Q. 807, 807 (2004) (“ I am deeply conscious of the fact, as I consider the subject of torture, that I have led a very sheltered life. I have never been tortured. I have never seen anybody being tortured. Nor have I ever met anyone who has undergone this dreadful practice.” ).

5 See Legal Standards Applicable Under 18 U.S.C. § § 2340-2340a, Op. Off. Legal Counsel (Dec. 30, 2004),available at .http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/18usc23402340a2.htm

6 See George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty–Four 296-300(Alfred A. Knopf 1992) (1949).

7 J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians 115 (Penguin Books 1982) (1980).