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The institutionalization of torture by the Bush administration : is anyone responsible? / M. Cherif Bassiouni.

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Main Author: Bassiouni, M. Cherif, 1937-2017
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Antwerp ; Portland, OR : Intersentia, [2010]
Subjects:
Torture > Government policy > United States.
Prisoners of war > Abuse of > United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Martelen.
Institutionalisering.
Verenigde Staten.
Table of Contents:
  • The prohibition of torture under international and United States law
  • Interrogation techniques
  • The torture-enabling policy and its trickle-down effects
  • The practice of "extraordinary rendition" and the use of "black sites" by the CIA
  • Responsibility : political, legal, and ethical considerations
  • The Obama administration's actions : January 2009-April 2010
  • Concluding assessment.

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