American Civil Liberties Union : TEN STEPS TO RESTORE THE UNITED STATES’ MORAL AUTHORITY

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TEN STEPS TO RESTORE THE UNITED STATES’ MORAL AUTHORITY (2/22/2007)

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Description: Over the last several years, the moral authority of the United States has been undermined by the federal government’s unprecedented and illegal assertion of authority to subject detainees to abusive interrogations, indefinite detention without charge – often in secret locations – and rendition to torture. The last Congress and the Supreme Court took some important steps to right these wrongs (with the passage of the McCain amendment and the Supreme Court’s rulings in the cases of Rasul and Hamdan). But much remains to be done to restore America’s reputation as a champion of human rights and the rule of law.
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