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| quote = Former FBI Director William Sessions, former Arkansas U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, a retired Army general and a retired appeals court judge in Washington are among 11 people selected for a task force that will meet for the first time in early January, said Virginia Sloan, a lawyer and president of The Constitution Project. | | quote = Former FBI Director William Sessions, former Arkansas U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, a retired Army general and a retired appeals court judge in Washington are among 11 people selected for a task force that will meet for the first time in early January, said Virginia Sloan, a lawyer and president of The Constitution Project. | ||
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| quote = In the face of government failure, The Constitution Project has created a Bipartisan Task Force on Detainee Treatment to foster "a comprehensive understanding" about "past and current treatment of detainees by the U.S. government." Why is such an inquiry important? | |||
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Revision as of 11:10, 12 May 2012
In the fall of 2010 The Constitution Project initiated an eleven person Guantanamo Task Force.[1][2][3]
Members
| name | notes |
|---|---|
| Eleanor J. Hill | |
| Asa Hutchinson | |
| Ambassador James R. Jones | |
| Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte | |
| Richard A. Epstein | |
| Dr. David P. Gushee | |
| Azizah al‐Hibri | |
| Brigadier General David Irvine, USA (Ret.) | |
| Judge William S. Sessions | |
| Dr. Gerald E. Thomson | |
| Judge Patricia M. Wald |
References
- ↑ Task Force on Detainee Treatment Launched, The Constitution Project, 2010-12-17.
- ↑ Think tank plans study of how US treats detainees, Wall Street Journal, 2010-12-17. “Former FBI Director William Sessions, former Arkansas U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, a retired Army general and a retired appeals court judge in Washington are among 11 people selected for a task force that will meet for the first time in early January, said Virginia Sloan, a lawyer and president of The Constitution Project.”
- ↑ Robert Crawford. In the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, America wrestles with itself over torture, Seattle Times, 2011-05-08. Retrieved on 2012-05-12. “In the face of government failure, The Constitution Project has created a Bipartisan Task Force on Detainee Treatment to foster "a comprehensive understanding" about "past and current treatment of detainees by the U.S. government." Why is such an inquiry important?”
- ↑ Task Force members, The Constitution Project, 2010-12-17. Retrieved on 2010-10-.