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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... June 10, 2005 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. 4 - The Known Unkowns Combatant . " The Army Inspector General noted that , " due to the suspension of the Ge- neva Conventions , soldiers were no longer able to ...
... June 10, 2005 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. 4 - The Known Unkowns Combatant . " The Army Inspector General noted that , " due to the suspension of the Ge- neva Conventions , soldiers were no longer able to ...
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... June 10, 2005 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. 10- The Known Unkowns tion tactics used at Guantanamo were " tanta- mount to torture . " 158 At the same time , there still does not appear to be an official ...
... June 10, 2005 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. 10- The Known Unkowns tion tactics used at Guantanamo were " tanta- mount to torture . " 158 At the same time , there still does not appear to be an official ...
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... June 10, 2005 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Behind the Wre - ** the Goverment's use of the term in the cases of Messrs . Padilla and Hamdi late last June , the Supreme Court stated that there is some debate ...
... June 10, 2005 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Behind the Wre - ** the Goverment's use of the term in the cases of Messrs . Padilla and Hamdi late last June , the Supreme Court stated that there is some debate ...
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... June 26 , 2003 , President Bush af- firmed the United States ' commitment not to torture security suspects or interrogate them in a manner that would constitute " cruel and unusual punishment . " In June 2004 , the Red Cross reported ...
... June 26 , 2003 , President Bush af- firmed the United States ' commitment not to torture security suspects or interrogate them in a manner that would constitute " cruel and unusual punishment . " In June 2004 , the Red Cross reported ...
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... June 10, 2005 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Endnotes Behind the Wre - 29 For example in January 2004 , military personnel denied the Red Cross access to eight prisoners in the Interrogation section of the ...
... June 10, 2005 United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Endnotes Behind the Wre - 29 For example in January 2004 , military personnel denied the Red Cross access to eight prisoners in the Interrogation section of the ...
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Page 581 - 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...
Page 64 - 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 229 - 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 214 - MILITARY ORDER OF NOVEMBER 13, 2001 Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism...
Page 583 - The benefit of the present provision may not, however, be claimed by a refugee whom there are reasonable grounds for regarding as a danger to the security of the country in which he is, or who, having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of that country.
Page 224 - ... 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.
Page 455 - A popular Government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Page 40 - Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
Page 702 - No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind.
Page 186 - The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.