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...Eliminating habeas will effectively sanction precisely the coercive interrogations that Graham, Warner and McCain have tried to oppose by allowing people to be detained indefinitely based on evidence elicited by torture," argues Jonathan Hafetz of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, who represents Guantanmo prisoners. He points, for example, to Mohammad al-Qahtani, the so-called 20th hijacker, who was repeatedly abused during his interrogation at Guantanamo, and who has since implicated some 30 other fellow prisoners who are still being held without trial...
...York University (NYU) Associate Professor of History Walter Johnson—maven of 19th century history on slavery, capitalism, and imperialism—will trade the Big Apple for the Big Dig when he comes to Harvard next month as one the newest tenured professors in the Department of History...
Gordon said this course could potentially be a part of the Core curriculum and satisfy the Historical Studies B requirement or qualify as a departmental equivalent. Johnson last taught the class at NYU during fall...
...later received a doctorate in American History from Princeton University and was appointed assistant professor of history at NYU. Johnson received a promotion to associate professor in 2000 and was most recently director of the univesity’s American Studies Program...
...during the summer? Clearly, I know all too well that adult acquaintances expect more from me. Every Harvard undergraduate, every top student, invariably feels the burden of expectations: Mediocrity is unacceptable. Yet, I’m not the only overqualified employee at the theater. One of my colleagues attends NYU. Another goes to Dartmouth. One cannot help but wonder why this movie house has such a credentialed staff. It’s certainly not the pay. Nor does the job offer great excitement or intrigue. Rather, the draw seems to be very mundane nature of the work itself. After traveling...