ABA Slated to Vote on Resolution Condemning Executive Order on CIA Interrogations Michael Posner, President of Human Rights First and Author of Companion Report in Support of Resolution, Available for Comment | |
WASHINGTON - AUGUST 10 - Next week at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, the ABA’s House of Delegates will consider a resolution calling on Congress to overturn the July 20 Executive Order authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to employ its own set of “enhanced” interrogation practices. The meeting takes places this year in San Francisco. The resolution has been endorsed by the ABA’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security, which has been supportive of many of the Administration’s post-9/11 policies and actions and traditionally has favored broad executive authority on matters of national security. The full text of the resolution is available at http://www.humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/07809-usls-cia-recs.pdf . The ABA’s accompanying report, which spells out the thinking behind this resolution in greater detail, is available at http://www.humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/07809-usls-cia-report.pdf. Journalists seeking additional information on this resolution or the ABA debate can contact Michael Posner, President of Human Rights First, in San Francisco beginning on Friday: cell phone 917-496-8841. Alternatively, contact Krista Minteer of Human Rights First at 212-845-5207.Original article posted here. |
Saturday, August 11, 2007
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