Stories by Deborah Pearlstein
Deborah Pearlstein is director of the U.S. Law and Security Program at Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) and a visiting lecturer on human rights and national security at Stanford Law School.
Posted on Mar 1, 2005, Source: The American Prospect
When the law sanctions torture-lite, the real thing always follows.
Posted on Oct 26, 2004, Source: The American Prospect
High-profile convictions of low-level soldiers involved in Abu Ghraib obscure the bigger picture: senior officers are in line for promotions and the House is pushing to legitimize torture.
