A Tale of Three Lawyers

Harper's by Scott Horton | Apr. 8, 2008 (Opinion)

He watched a shameless assault on America's Constitution and commitment to the rule of law carried out by the Bush Administration. He watched the introduction of a system of cruel torture and abuse. He watched the shaming of the nation's uniformed services, with their proud traditions that formed the very basis of the standards of humanitarian law, now torn asunder through the lawless acts of the Executive. Matthew Diaz found himself in a precarious ... Full Story »

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by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an emotionally written opinion piece which may be a call to action but is unlikely to change any opinions -- those who believe torture is justified will dismiss it as bleeding heart ranting and those abhored by toture will say, "amen!" Use of the Brandeis quote concerning problems with the end justifying the means is interesting because in the context of this article, it cuts two ways: violation of international law to obtain an intelligence objective on one hand and on the other, violation of national law in pursuit of a moral objective.