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Showing videos filed under: Rumsfeld
The F Word: Aren't We Cheneyed Out Yet?
March 12, 2010At what point do we call them the family of mass intimidation and simply stop playing into the Cheney clan’s tired old terror tactics?Off the Map and Outside the Law
March 2, 2010In Trevor Paglen's new book, Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World, he investigates the "off the map" locations of covert government activity: including the "salt pit" in Kabul where Khaled El-Masri was held.Mapping Torture, Renee Feltz, and Hebron
March 1, 2010In Trevor Paglen's new book, Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World, he investigates the "off the map" locations of covert government activity: including the "salt pit" in Kabul where Khaled El-Masri was held.Bagram: The Other Guantanamo
December 2, 2009Brave New Films talks to two former prisoners at the Afghanistan base and uncovers the horrors that become commonplace when the rule of law is pushed to the side.Rebooting the System, Jay Rosen, and UC Protests
December 1, 2009President Obama is about to announce a troop escalation in Afghanistan. Though it's consistent with his campaign promises, public opinion has shifted and now, according to most polls, a majority of the American people oppose the war. Politics as usual? Is he stuck?Is there a way around the machine to create a true politics of the people?Jonathan Mahler: The Hamdan Case, Executive Power, and Closing Guantanamo
August 4, 2009As the Obama administration seeks to come up with a proposal for trying Guantanamo detainees, one of the most important cases to challenge presidential authority may provide some lessons. There are still 240 detainees left on Guantanamo and progress to close the prison has been stymied by congress and other legal concerns.The Dark Side with Jane Mayer and Michael Ratner
July 18, 2008For 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, 2008For 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
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