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...zero benefits and are often reluctant to report abuse or maltreatment—each contributing to the propagation of social ills. In addition, the federal government is losing billions in potential tax revenue from these workers. The solution, according to the president, would be to offer a path of legal residency to illegal immigrants currently living in the U.S. And, while such a bold proposal is sure to cause a stir on Capitol Hill, the logic behind this solution is fundamentally sound and reasonable. Moreover, it would be unfeasible, expensive, and unproductive to pursue a common alternative solution of launching...
...legal memorandum for the CIA, prepared by Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee, reviewed 10 enhanced techniques for interrogating Zubaydah, and determined that none of them constituted torture under U.S. criminal law. The techniques were: attention grasp, walling (hitting a detainee against a flexible wall), facial hold, facial slap, cramped confinement, wall standing, stress positions, sleep deprivation, insects placed in a confinement box, and waterboarding.(View pictures of life inside Guantanamo...
...Bybee legal guidance is no longer in effect. Under an executive order President Obama signed during his first week in office, all CIA interrogators must now follow the rules laid out in the Army Field Manual...
...guest panelists from several walks of University life, including Ryan Travia, director of Alcohol & Other Drug Services at UHS, and Economics Department Director of Undergraduate Studies Jeffrey A. Miron. Stefan K. Muller ’12, the president of the National Youth Rights Association, a group that advocates lifting legal restrictions that are imposed on minors, was also a panelist. IOP Fellow and political consultant Teresa M. Vilmain moderated the discussion. The panelists specifically focused on the need for more youth education about alcohol abuse as well as developing potential policies that could help prevent further underage drinking...
...security services and perhaps even to the pinnacles of decision-making in Westminster - and Washington. "It would be very surprising if the decision [on Mohamed] was not taken at a high level. The question is how high," says Stafford Smith, who is also the director of the legal charity Reprieve. During a live broadcast of Britain's nightly Channel 4 News on March 26, the attorney was more explicit. "The British investigation cannot just stop at the British people because the real torturers ... were the Americans and the Pakistanis and the Moroccans," he said. (See pictures inside Guantánamo...