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Vince Warren: Big Government But Failure to Restore Rule of Law Under Obama
October 13, 2010
Ahmed Ghailani, the Guantanamo prisoner accused of taking part in the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania goes the courts in NY this week but is being denied a fair trial as federal prosecutors recently rejected appealing a ruling by a trial judge that prohibits a key witness from testifying. Meanwhile Dick Cheney is back to warn us against new nuclear terrorist attacks, that presumably only an expanded state security and defense apparatus can save us from.
Vince Warren, Video Games & Censorship, and Haiti
October 12, 2010
GRITtv contributor Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights takes a look at what the failures in Ghailani's trial mean restoring the rule of law. Meanwhile Dick Cheney is back to warn us against new nuclear terrorist attacks. Then, 'Medal of Honor' is a video game out this week set in modern day, war-torn Afghanistan. The controversy? As a player you can choose to play on the opposing force - essentially as the Taliban. This has led to the game being banned at US Army base stores.
Vince Warren: Freedom, Privacy, and the Courts
September 15, 2010
“Do we want to live in a place where the U.S. government can torture and kill people at will? Or do we not?” asks Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. A new Amnesty International report says that thousands of detainees in Iraq, many recently transferred from U.S. custody, are still at risk of torture, and back in the U.S. the Obama administration continues to use "national security" as justification for everything from dismissing lawsuits to searching laptops.
Vince Warren, Russ Feingold, and Jay Smooth
September 14, 2010
“Do we want to live in a place where the U.S. government can torture and kill people at will? Or do we not?” asks Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. A new Amnesty International report says that thousands of detainees in Iraq, many recently transferred from U.S. custody, are still at risk of torture, and back in the U.S. the Obama administration continues to use "national security" as justification for everything from dismissing lawsuits to searching laptops.
Vince Warren: What Happened to Constitutional Rights?
August 10, 2010
President Obama was elected with fanfare and promises to restore the rule of law and accountability to the justice system, specifically around indefinite detentions at Guantanamo. But the upcoming trial of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen taken into custody when he was just 15, seems to belie those promises.
Vince Warren, Andrew Bacevich, and Philanthro-Feudalism
August 10, 2010
President Obama was elected with fanfare and promises to restore the rule of law and accountability to the justice system, specifically around indefinite detentions at Guantanamo. But the upcoming trial of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen taken into custody when he was just 15, seems to belie those promises.
The Dark Side with Jane Mayer and Michael Ratner
July 18, 2008
For those who saw the response to the Trade Center attacks as an opportunity for the U.S. to uphold international law, this country's conduct has been a failure of profound historic dimension as torture, secret detention sites and indefinite detention has become the rule of law for the first time in our history. Some accuse the Bush administration of war crimes. We're joined by Jane Mayer, who has been investigating and reporting on the war on terror. A staff writer for The New Yorker, Mayer has a new book out this week, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals. We're also joined by Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He successfully represented Guantanamo detainees in the U.S. Supreme Court as they sought their legal rights in court. His book, The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld, is out this September.
July 17, 2008: The Dark Side
July 17, 2008
For those who saw the response to the Trade Center attacks as an opportunity for the U.S. to uphold international law, this country's conduct has been a failure of profound historic dimension as torture, secret detention sites and indefinite detention has become the rule of law for the first time in our history. Some accuse the Bush administration of war crimes. Jane Mayer, investigative journalist and author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals and attorney Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Also: LIVE FROM MAIN STREET; jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda; GOT DOCS? Gang Intervention by Cecilia Peck, and Heidi Boghosian of the National Lawyers Guild
GRITtv: What Will The Next President Do About Civil Liberties?
May 27, 2008
Here is the full roundtable discussion on rolling back presidential powers. Do we expect the next resident of the White House to ditch the Patriot Act? Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and David Golove, Hiller Family Foundation Professor of Law at NYU School of Law discuss.

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