Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act (continued): Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, June 10, 2005U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 1159 pages |
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... American Institute Oral Testimony Prepared Statement 28 Ms. Deborah Pearlstein , Director , U.S. Law and Security ... America a Symbol Of 147 311 New York Times , 313 May 30 , 2005 , available on Westlaw at 2005 WLNR 8545594 Article ...
... American Institute Oral Testimony Prepared Statement 28 Ms. Deborah Pearlstein , Director , U.S. Law and Security ... America a Symbol Of 147 311 New York Times , 313 May 30 , 2005 , available on Westlaw at 2005 WLNR 8545594 Article ...
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... American Civil Liberties Union , " Sanctioned Bias , " February 2004 Report , American Civil Liberties Union , “ Unpatriotic Acts , ” July 2003 Report , Irene Kahn , Amnesty International , " Denounce Torture , Report 2005 , Forward ...
... American Civil Liberties Union , " Sanctioned Bias , " February 2004 Report , American Civil Liberties Union , “ Unpatriotic Acts , ” July 2003 Report , Irene Kahn , Amnesty International , " Denounce Torture , Report 2005 , Forward ...
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... American , but it impacts , the extent to which our Nation is able to hold itself out as a beacon of liberty as we ... American - run prisons that clearly and obviously violate American and international law . Both then White House ...
... American , but it impacts , the extent to which our Nation is able to hold itself out as a beacon of liberty as we ... American - run prisons that clearly and obviously violate American and international law . Both then White House ...
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... American Civil Liberties Union has testified four times before at the Subcommittee level . I guess they weren't able to say what they planned to say , and that is why they're brought back here for the fifth time . Now , since commencing ...
... American Civil Liberties Union has testified four times before at the Subcommittee level . I guess they weren't able to say what they planned to say , and that is why they're brought back here for the fifth time . Now , since commencing ...
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... American people such information , officially laying out to the American peo- ple information , the readers of much of which the readers of any newspaper in the United States or the world knows . Much conduct has occurred , I shouldn't ...
... American people such information , officially laying out to the American peo- ple information , the readers of much of which the readers of any newspaper in the United States or the world knows . Much conduct has occurred , I shouldn't ...
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Page 579 - In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions : (1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction...
Page 575 - torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering...
Page 170 - Group and assure its responsiveness to the needs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for operations analysis.
Page 575 - For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds, the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights.
Page 300 - Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism...
Page 58 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act) was enacted on October 26, 2001.
Page 579 - To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the abovementioned persons ; (a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture...
Page 223 - To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him...
Page 687 - Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.
Page 218 - ... the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.